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2011 GOAL Legislation HD.3995 An Act Repealing the Ban on Modern Sporting Arms H.1568 GOAL's Civil Rights and Public Safety Act S.782 An Act Creating the Criminal Firearms and Trafficking Division H.1287 An Act Regarding Breaking and Entering of a Firearms Retailer H.1567 An Act Relative to the Right to Carry Firearms H.1566 An Act Relative to Constitutional Rights S.661 An Act Relative to the Common Defense S.1191 An Act Relative to Small Caliber Ammunition H.257 An Act Relative to the Hunting of Bear H.1135 An Act Relative to the use of Crossbows for Hunting S.832 An Act Relative to Deceptive Weapon Devices H.2400 An Act Relative to Youth Hunting Programs S.1189 An Act Relative to the Lawful Sale of Ammunition S.1186 An Act Relative to an Unloaded Rifle of Shotgun H.2402 An Act Relative to the Lawful Use of Shotguns H.1150 An Act Relative to Waterfowl Hunting Please click here, or on the "Legislative Chart" link above for the full listing of Bills for the 2011 Legislative season.

2011 Legislation to Follow

• Public Hearing for S.661 "Common Defense Bill" - Urgent: Your help is needed!
• H.3700 “An Act Relative to the Licensing of Firearms for Persons 70 years of Age or Older This bill has started moving through the legislative process. The bill was filed by Rep. Pignatelli in an attempt to correct yet another poorly written piece of Massachusetts gun laws.
• H.2400 "Youth Hunting Act" Still needs some help! Part of this bill has already passed in this years state budget, (reducing the fee for an FID card down to $25 for anyone under 18
• 10/28/11 An Act Repealing the Ban On Modern Sporting Arms. GOAL’s legislation filed by Rep. George Peterson to repeal the ban on modern sporting rifles is still held up in the House Committee on Rules.
• S.2054 "An Act Relative to Habitual Offenders". Once again lawful gun owners find themselves in a position where we have to oppose a supposed crime bill because of the potential legal exposure to lawful gun owners
• H.3700 “An Act Relative to the Licensing of Firearms for Persons 70 years of Age or Older”This bill has started moving through the legislative process.
• GOAL Files Legislation Repealing the Ban On Modern Sporting Arms. Please call your legislators and urge them to sign onto House Minority Leader George Peterson's Bill, "An Act Repealing the Ban On Modern Sporting Arms".
• Governor Patrick Files NIC's Legislation. GOAL currently opposes the legislation mainly because the current administration has proven itself to not be trustworthy
• H.2400 "Youth Hunting Act" More action needed! Please help us finalize this legislation by contacting Ways & Means!
• GOAL's H.1567 "Right to Carry" Bill.
  This relatively small piece of legislation seeks to completely rewrite Section 131 of Chapter 140. Section 131 is the section of law that deals with the resident License to Carry (LTC). 
• MA Legislators Introduce 5 Separate Pepper Spray Bills. How many people in Massachusetts even know they can receive two years in jail for carrying pepper spray without a license?
• H.639 Representative Cabral files bill to ban bolt, lever, and pump action long guns. GOAL is following this bill very closely and will send out an alert when or if action needs to be taken.
• 3/14/11 Trapping Legislation Released. On Monday, March 14, 2011 the Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture held a public hearing on bills related to trapping and dam safety.
• Senator Chang-Diaz files S.1195, "An Act Regarding the Prevention of Illegal Trafficking and Gun Violence among the Youth of the Commonwealth." Section 13 proposes to imprison for five years any retailer who accepts or KEEPS more than 15 handguns in a one year period. 
• GPS Locator Legislation. One bill that has been causing a stir on the internet is S. 1224, An Act Relative to a Study Commission on GPS Locators in Firearms.
• Two Separate "One Gun a Month" - Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act bills filed. We have talked about this bill for a decade now and everyone truly understands what an absurd proposal it is. Just the idea of placing blame and restrictions on lawful citizens in an attempt to control the actions of criminals is ludicrous.
• MA State Rep Daniel Webster files "An Act Relative to the Sale of Firearms". This bill will curb the Massachusetts Attorney General’s authority to regulate firearms under the consumer protection laws in Chapter 93A
• New legislation. Lots of new for 2011 legislation to keep an eye on, here is our most up to date list!

2010 Legislation - News

• Massachusetts laws to deal with the illegal flow of guns. A listing of current M.G.L.s already on the books to deal with this issue.

• Federal Legislation Round-up. Both houses of Congress have adjourned for their “Summer District Work Period,” and there are two issues pending in Congress that require your immediate action to lobby your Senators and Congressman while back in their homestate for the next month.

• H.2259 Gets extended again 5/14/2010 update, H. 2259 has now been extended to 6/30/10 for discussion. Please continue to contact the committee members and your legislators and urge them to vote favorably on this bill.

• H.4102 Alert and information Deval Patrick's "one gun a month bill"

• H. 4687. Oppose The Wind Energy Bill. Call your legislators today! GOAL has been made aware that H.4687, the Wind Energy Siting bill, may be coming up for a vote in the House this week. While we are engaged in other fights against anti-civil rights bills like H.4102, we cannot forget other legislation that will adversely impact us in other ways.

• H.4703. (formerly H.4428, S.2220, S.2210) Victory again! 5/27/10 CORI Bill H. 4703, Proposed Anti Civil Rights Amendments defeated at State House

• S.1580 5/7/10 Update. Extended to June 30th. Please continue to call the committee and ask for a favorable vote! Click here for contact information click here for more info on S1580

• FA 10 Firearms transfer issues May 14th Update. As many of you know, the CHSB uploaded the FA10 form onto their website on April 30th. We just now noticed that they FINALLY updated it to a correct form that includes instructions/codes etc...

• Budget Alert!4/29 Update: Congratulations all! Once again our voice was heard, Representatives Straus and Peterson were successful in passing their amendments

• GOAL works to define Muzzleloader Regulations. For many years hunters have been confused about what kind of muzzle loading firearms can be used in Massachusetts. Most of the confusion stems from the current regulations banning the use of so-called break open action style muzzle loaders during the primitive arms portion of the deer season.

• S.921 Judges Disarming Law Enforcement Officers On Wednesday, January 27, 2010 a piece of legislation had a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security that brought to light a very disturbing practice in our courts.

• H.2288 GOAL works with Legislators to pass H.2288 “An Act Relative to Increasing Accessibility to Non-lethal Self Defense Sprays” Just prior to the Thanksgiving holidy break, the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security favorably released H.2288 “An Act Relative to Increasing Accessibility to Non-lethal Self Defense Sprays”.

• S.2210 GOAL Works with Legislators on S.2210 “An Act Relative to Sentencing Laws” On Thursday, November 26th the Massachusetts Senate took up the Crime Bill S.2210 “An Act Relative to Sentencing Laws”. Prior to the morning of the floor debate, there was nothing in the bill that gave GOAL any concerns.

• Article 97 Rep. Denis Guyer to file Industrial Development Moratorium Legislation on GOAL’s Behalf

• 501 CMR 15.00 Firearms Exhibitions, information here.

• H.4059 "An act relative to possession of armor piercing ammunition in the city of Boston"

• H.2246 GOAL Fights Proposed Legislation To Criminalize Gun Owners With Expired Licenses

• H.34 MA EOPS proposes new Gunshow Legislation

• H.1311 GOAL Files Breaking And Entering Of A Firearms Retailer Bill

• S.964 GOAL Files Amended "Katrina" Bill

• Governor Patrick Files Chapter 180 Part II

 

 

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