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I have to say; the gun club emails are great. The unified message that many clubs sent out helped get people out no doubt. The 400,000 gun owners in MA may not be members of NES, GOAL, or Comm2A - but many are members of gun clubs. These gun clubs sending out these emails are a huge help in getting the message out.
Representatives that signed, sorted by town:
Representatives that signed, sorted by town:
Links just make it easier to find contact info.I'm not going to click on every single one but thanks for doing this. it makes it easier to quickly find who signed it. It certainly seems as though this was a bipartisan response. keep up the pressure folks!!!!!!!!!!!
Links just make it easier to find contact info.
There's also the FUDDs who think that this won't affect them since Maura's only going after the evil extra killy rifles with the shoulder things, at least at this time. One thing that stood out to me at the rally was the chant, "if it can happen to us, it can happen to you!" I think this point needs to be driven home with ALL gun owners in this state, and to a broader extent, the peasants of the commiewealth. I was trying to convince one of my buddies to go, but his attitude was that it would be for nothing, since "Massachusetts government has and always will be corrupt, and there's nothing that we can do to change that." I was disappointed with his line of thinking, but can't say I blame him.
I saw blue rifles in some of the pics on the table that I did not see in person. What's the deal with those?
Quick question. I saw an article on FB from GOAL. One part of it said that GOAL strongly suggests not bringing your AR to gun ranges. Why?
Gun Grabbing Jack booted thugs will be at the gates waiting to take it......Once it is taken they will hide behind a cloudy supposed law, it will take you years to get it back. Actually you will never get it back. Me I'm off to the rang this morning....Rapid fire Rocks!
Quick question. I saw an article on FB from GOAL. One part of it said that GOAL strongly suggests not bringing your AR to gun ranges. Why?
Quick question. I saw an article on FB from GOAL. One part of it said that GOAL strongly suggests not bringing your AR to gun ranges. Why?
Quick question. I saw an article on FB from GOAL. One part of it said that GOAL strongly suggests not bringing your AR to gun ranges. Why?
Nobody knows what will happen next. Confiscation of 'assault weapons' is certainly a possibility now, however I suspect their advice is simply an overabundance of caution. Proceed about your life at your own comfort level.
The scary part about this whole thing is that the AG declared ALL post-'94 "MA-compliant" rifles illegal, but said she wouldn't prosecute those of us that have them now. However, she seldom prosecutes anybody. Your local county DA's office does though, and since she declared us all felons, our local DA can have us arrested. They do not work for Healey, and they are under absolutely no obligation to abide by her amnesty promise. If they prosecute, she cannot call them off (nor would she).
Hard to believe. Please post the link.
And this is the heart of the matter. Get pulled over for a minor traffic violation, cop sees you have an LTC, quick search and you show up as an owner of an illegal firearm. BOOM!
And this is the heart of the matter. Get pulled over for a minor traffic violation, cop sees you have an LTC, quick search and you show up as an owner of an illegal firearm. BOOM!
You've made a big jump from "minor traffic violation" to "quick search." Just say no.
How many times in history have cops just said You don't want me to search? Oh, OK, then, have a nice night"? Probable cause can be invented an any circumstance. Of course it might be tossed out in court, but significant damage will almost certainly have been done already by that point.
True, but I've been pulled over a dozen times in my life, in many different states, and I've never come close to getting searched. Granted, I'm white (not really joking there), and I wouldn't want to generalize from my own experiences; I'm just wondering how common it really is.
No stickers on car, no range equipment in back seat, and nothing identifying you as a gun owner... This is seriously what MA has come to: Your basic rights are held hostage at the whim of a dictator. This state can no longer even masquerade as a democracy.
That's how I roll on the way to the range. I leave the diesel pickup at home, and take the dinky little Subaru. No stickers, everything out of sight. Even before this week, I always felt like I had a kilo of cocaine in the trunk whenever I was on the way to the range.
It shouldn't have to be that way, but that's the way it is I guess. Not for long, making preps to move to NH.
Fun fact though... if you have a vehicle registered commercially they can't tell if you have a LTC when you are pulled over. This was told to me by a LEO friend of mine, who said criminals use it as a way to get around without cops knowing their record.
Since we are all criminals now, we should really start learning from our peers.
Thought. Wouldn't this be similar to the VW issue. According to the AG the mfgs knowing committed the crime of making and selling. We as customers purchased in good faith and should not be liable. I thought the ATF or other licensed the mfg and inspected their products. So now wouldn't the federal gov be liable for letting us purchase illegal products.