Massachusetts to Issue Serial Numbers for Illegal Guns

Is the State going to be part of the illicit gun trade or is this an entrapment scheme?

In the infamous anti-civil rights law, Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024, the legislature in its finite wisdom mandated the serialization and registration of modern firearms possessed in Massachusetts. There are some exemptions for antiques and pre-1968 pieces, etc.

On May 28, 2024, the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) held a public hearing on the proposed regulations concerning the new registration and serialization mandates. Setting aside the Constitutional issues and other concerns about data being released intentionally or otherwise, there are serious other legal issues.

In the proposed regulations for serialization it states:

“Issuance of a serial number by DCJIS does not constitute a determination of the legality of any firearm under state or federal law.”

Excuse us, what? The Massachusetts administration under Governor Maura Healey has just announced that it is going to allow the serialization, and presumably registration, of illegal firearms.

How is it possible that our government make these mandates but not have within the system a warning or inability to proceed if the firearm is illegal to possess within the Commonwealth.

“Is the Governor preparing to take part in illicit gun trafficking or is this a giant entrapment scheme,” said Jim Wallace Executive Director of GOAL. “It is inconceivable that this level of incompetence or corruption exists in state government. Then again this is Massachusetts we are talking about. GOAL will be taking any steps necessary to make sure this does not stand.”

GOAL will be consulting with legal counsel to see how we can head this off.