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 Training was required before this law, and it stays required whether the law is repealed or not.
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u/pitb0ss343 1d ago

I’d argue it was the well organized militia part that did the heavy lifting

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u/imnota4 1d ago

Alright, let's form our legally allowed militia then.

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u/pitb0ss343 1d ago

Yeah, like actually. If the left really wanted to challenge gun rights they would fund a militia in Massachusetts. It would be well regulated by the laws already in place.

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u/imnota4 22h ago

Private militias are illegal under Massachusetts Law. I was being facetious there's no way to legally be part of an actual militia, the state has full authority over that.

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u/Relative-Writing-147 18h ago

Massachusetts National Guard is our state milita. After the Revolutionary War all state militas were reformed into the National Guard

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u/smileitsyourdaddy 1d ago

Counter point, we should all have skills and know our neighbors so that we can be the well organized militia.

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u/HappyRedFox 16h ago

For many years Maura Healy has complained that the Second Amendment was a mistake. Consequently she has actively worked to limit our right to bear arms. She is an authoritarian.

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u/zulubowie 1d ago

This is the key phrasing that carries less weight now than as it was intended.

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u/peacemaze 20h ago

That would be each state’s National Guard

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u/Calliesdad20 1d ago

Supreme Court seemed to forget that part