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Boston Globe 12-5-2024: Question Challenging New Gun Law will appear on 2026 Ballot
Story by Anjali Huynh , Boston Globe
A challenge to the expansive firearms law signed this summer will officially appear on the ballot in 2026, after opponents of the legislation gathered more than double the number of signatures required to put it to voters.
Boston Globe 11-12-2024: Mass Democrats championed a new gun law. Now it faces Voter Backlash
Story by Anjali Huynh , Boston Globe
BOSTON — When Massachusetts leaders overhauled the state’s gun laws in July, state Representative Michael Day issued a challenge to pro-gun groups threatening opposition: “Bring it on.”
And so they have.
“I thought it was rushed through and there were mistakes made. . . . Read More….
Boston Herald: Mass. Gov. Healey formally commends Cape Cod gun store owner leading repeal campaign
Story by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey issued a formal commendation to a Cape Cod gun store owner who is leading a campaign to repeal a firearms reform law only a week after she effectively stifled an attempt to immediately suspend the statute until the 2026 elections.
Toby Leary, owner of Cape Gun Works and head of the Civil Rights Coalition, received a formal citation in the mail Wednesday that recognized his “dedication to ensuring the rights and liberties of Massachusetts citizens are always preserved,” Read More….
Volunteers toting jam-packed white cardboard boxes dropped off nearly 100,000 voter signatures with the secretary of state’s office Wednesday, one of the final hurdles en route to placing a question on the 2026 ballot about repealing a new gun law.
Gov. Maura Healey this month signed an emergency preamble to the wide-reaching law, allowing it to take effect immediately and preventing opponents from suspending it through their repeal effort.
https://whdh.com/regional/gun-law-opponents-deliver-boxes-of-signatures
Gun rights advocates fight to repeal gun reform law, take legal action against Gov. Healey
October 31, 2024 The Civil Rights Coalition is leading an initiative to repeal a sweeping gun reform law signed by Gov. Maura Healey as an “emergency preamble” on Oct. 2 to implement H.4885, “An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws.”
Gov’s Emergency Gun Rule Triggers Debate Around Second Amendment Rights in State
Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble early this month that effectively put a new gun law into immediate effect, expanding Massachusetts’ preexisting firearms regulations—already some of the strictest in the country. Continue reading Gov’s Emergency Gun Rule Triggers Debate Around Second Amendment Rights in State… Read More
Gov. Maura Healey officially implements Mass. gun law after signing emergency language
Healey’s signature stifles an effort by gun rights groups to suspend the statute
Gov. Maura Healey officially declared a gun reform bill she signed into law more than two months ago an emergency measure Wednesday afternoon, arguing the statute is necessary to preserve the “public peace, health, safety and convenience” of residents in the state. Read More
Campaign to repeal Massachusetts gun law clears signature threshold for 2026 election
Secretary of State’s Office still needs to certify signatures gathered by gun groups
Massachusetts voters are in line to face a question during the 2026 election asking them to repeal a new gun law heralded by Beacon Hill Democrats after Second Amendment advocates reported collecting more than 90,000 signatures over the past month. Read More
Secretary of State’s Office still needs to certify signatures gathered by gun groups
Gov. Maura Healey this month signed an emergency preamble to the wide-reaching law, allowing it to take effect immediately and preventing opponents from suspending it through their repeal effort.
Fox News: Massachusetts governor implements new gun law weeks ahead of schedule
Gun advocates call state’s gun reform legislation a ‘historic attack on our civil rights’
State lawmakers approved the gun reform law in July, which was expected to go into effect later this month, and comes as the deep-blue state already has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation..
Opponents of new gun law look to overturn it through 2026 ballot question
August 21, 2024, Gun rights advocates would need to collect thousands of signatures to secure a ballot question about repealing the law.
Now, gun rights advocates are taking the first steps toward challenging the law. The process could eventually lead to a ballot question going before voters in 2026 about repealing the law.