r/massachusetts • u/HAV816 • 1d ago

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Question 9 is a veto referendum on the 2024 gun law (Chapter 135): a NO vote repeals it. But here is what does not change either way — Massachusetts still requires a license to own or carry, and safety training to get one. Repeal the law and the pre-2024 rules remain, among the strictest in the country: licenses required, safety training required, sales tracked, red-flag petitions in place.

The 2024 law adds burdens on lawful owners — serialization requirements, expanded bans, a real-time registry — without creating the training standard. Training was required before this law, and it stays required whether the law is repealed or not.
Learn the facts

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u/Unusual_Soup Central Mass 1d ago

VOTE NO, a yes vote means that you’re okay with police officers being exempt from the law

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u/WinterBat8048 1d ago

Completely agree this is a MAJOR flaw in the law. But let’s be honest - There will never be a gun safety bill passed that doesn’t exempt law enforcement. Law enforcement will only ever back a gun safety bill if their off-duty officers are exempt. We have to ask ourselves, is an imperfect bill better than no bill?

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u/wreckedbutwhole420 1d ago

Voting No doesn't remove all the gun laws. It removes the 2024 additions, which are largely insane and do nothing to make the state safer

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u/GWS2004 1d ago

Love how you leave the rest out!

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u/Nipple-Less_Cage-6 1d ago

Love how you’re voting yes because of one of the laws clauses.

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u/DinkandDrunk 1d ago

That is not what a yes vote means.

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u/SheenPSU 1d ago

Current and retired LEO are exempt from this

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u/GWS2004 1d ago

They know. It's typical conservative misinformation. 

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u/Pinkbunny432 1d ago

Why would conservatives care about LEO’s being exempt? Aren’t they thin blue line nuts?