Guide To Gun Rights in your MA Town - 2020 + Edition

Brookline's website still claims they require the Moon Island test.

I thought (I can't remember where I read or heard it) that both Boston and Brookline have ditched the Moon Island requirement.

Assuming it's still required, it looks (if their website is to be believed) that Brookline will accept an application before doing the live fire test, meaning it might just be possible to get an application in before 10/23.

Any insight?
 
Ipswich. Red? Green? The previous post about it wasn't exactly clear (in terms of a response).
 
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Brookline's website still claims they require the Moon Island test.

I thought (I can't remember where I read or heard it) that both Boston and Brookline have ditched the Moon Island requirement.

Assuming it's still required, it looks (if their website is to be believed) that Brookline will accept an application before doing the live fire test, meaning it might just be possible to get an application in before 10/23.

Any insight?
As of the spring, Brookline still required the test. It could (at the time) be administered by any MA certified instructor.
 
Meanwhile in Lowell:

A recent safety course student had an appointment with the Lowell PD to apply for his LTC scheduled for late September. They called him and rescheduled to 10/23. Yes. The effective day of the new laws. They hung up on him before he could ask any questions.

Maybe this is just a coincidence because someone got sick and they have to push everyone out to later dates, or maybe they deliberately rescheduled to force him to wait and to take the new course with all the new requirements.

I'm guessing the latter. Not clear if the Lowell PD thought that up on their own, or if someone from the state told them to do it.
That's terrible, but not at all surprising for Lowell. However, now the law has pushed the new training requirements out 18 months, so October 23rd will still work for that person.
 
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