Massachusetts Governor Uses Emergency Powers to Fast-Track Sweeping Gun Control Law

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Gun-rights advocates had hoped to gather enough signatures to delay the law until a potential referendum.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed an emergency preamble to the stateโ€™s sweeping gun control bill, fast-tracking its implementation and halting an ongoing effort by gun rights activists to delay its effects.

The law, H.4885, was originally scheduled to take effect on Oct. 23, or 90 days after Healey signed the bill in July, but her decision to proceed with signing the emergency preamble means it goes into effect immediately.

Under Massachusetts law, governors have the authority to issue an emergency preamble to expedite legislation when โ€œthe immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or convenienceโ€ is deemed necessary.

The lawโ€™s expedited enactment was praised by gun control groups, but sharply criticized by gun rights advocates, who had hoped to gather enough signatures to delay its implementation until a potential 2026 referendum.

H.4885 expands Massachusettsโ€™ already strict gun regulations, in part as a response to the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which affirmed an individualโ€™s right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

The expedited law includes provisions banning untraceable โ€œghost guns,โ€ expanding restrictions on โ€œassault-styleโ€ firearms and large-capacity magazines, and tightening the stateโ€™s โ€œred flagโ€ rules. It also mandates that firearm license applicants pass a standardized safety exam and complete live-fire training, while also providing mental health information to local licensing authorities.

โ€œThis gun safety law bans ghost guns, strengthens the Extreme Risk Protection Order statute to keep guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves or others, and invests in violence prevention programs. It is important that these measures go into effect without delay,โ€ Healey said in an Oct. 2 statement to media outlets.

The governorโ€™s decision to fast-track the law has drawn swift condemnation from gun rights organizations. Tody Leary, owner of Cape Cod Gun Works and a leader of the grassroots Civil Rights Coalition, sharply criticized the move, accusing Healey of bypassing the democratic process.

Byย Tom Ozimek

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