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WarOnGuns Correspondent “Remarks” gives us some detailed observations on the Massachusetts gun case SCOTUS “remanded … for further consideration in light of” Bruen.
Just think: if the system of laws,rules, regulations, permissioin slips, presently in force in the State of Massachussetts had been in place on 19 April 19 1775 at Lexington, and later that day at Concord, there would not exist the government of the State of Massachussetts, nor any Supreme Court. nor a UNited States to even have one.
Because our colonial forbears were most certainly on the “do not issue’ list for such Mother May I Cards, and thus would have been standing there on the Commons at Lexingto n already having been disarmed, right along with Isaac Davis’ men marching along the road eastward toward the North Bridge at Concord.
It will be fun to watch how the court in Massachussetts decides to jig to this new fiddle from the SCOTUS. Just like Kathy Hot Chool has tried doing in Noo Yawk, and just got her sorry self splattered against the wall with the recent District Court slap-down. Seems she is now licking some wounds, and contemplating “next moves”.
Massachusetts just elected their current Attorney General, Maura Healey [D] to be Governor. Expect things not to improve.
https://www.mass.gov/news/ag-healey-statement-on-scotus-decision-to-strike-down-new-yorks-concealed-carry-gun-licensing-law
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/07/supreme-court-ruling-on-new-york-gun-law-is-to-effect-massachusetts-says-attorney-general-maura-healey.html
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/07/05/police-say-gun-permitting-process-in-massachusetts-mostly-unchanged-after-supreme-court-ruling
https://www.mass.gov/enforcing-the-massachusetts-assault-weapons-ban
https://willbrownsberger.com/ag-healeys-assault-weapon-interpretation/
From “Massachusetts Gun Laws are Arguably Costing Lives
A special report by Gun Owners’ Action League detailing the failure of twenty years of gun control in the Commonwealth.
December, 2018” :
“While “violent crime”, as defined by the FBI, is not necessarily related to guns, it is a very good litmus test as to the overall safety of a state. As a result, we thought it very important to include it in this report. The narrative that Massachusetts’ gun laws are keeping its residents safer than the vast majority of other states is simply FALSE.
The FBI definition of “Violent Crime”: In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four major offenses, these include murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses which involve force or threat of force.
When compiling the data on violent crime, Maine is the safest state in the nation with a rating of 121.0 (per hundred thousand). Vermont is second with 165.8 and New Hampshire comes in third with a 198.7.
In contrast, Massachusetts a violent crime rate of 358.0 putting it in 26th place when it comes to being a safe state. The Commonwealth’s violent crime rate is nearly three times that of Maine.
According to the violent crime data, the Commonwealth is arguably the most dangerous state in the northeastern United States. The states in our region that are safer, in order are: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Conclusion
After reviewing all of the data provided to us by our government sources the only conclusion that can be logically reached is that Massachusetts gun laws have been, and continue to be, an abject failure in all three categories.
Firearm Safety (Accidental Deaths) – Nearly two decades of data from the state has proven that there has been no reduction in gun related accidental deaths. This is in part because statistically there was not an issue in the first place.
Criminal Use of Firearms (Murder & Assaults) – In comparing both state and national data, Massachusetts gun related murders are up approximately 30% over the 1998 numbers. This represents a failure of the laws to keep citizens safer.
Suicides – While there was a slight drop in firearm related suicides for a few years, that drop paralleled a similar decline in suicides by poisons. As a result, the data shows there was no correlation with the new gun laws and any decline. Further evidence is there was vast increase in suicides from hanging/suffocation in the Commonwealth. This is further proof that because the state focused on the thing and not the human criminal element, suicides increased drastically.
The passage of Chapter 180, and subsequent laws, caused hundreds of thousands of people to lose their civil rights or have them unreasonably restricted. Lawful gun owners have been persecuted, prosecuted and beaten down for no justifiable reason. The gun laws on whole are so complex and convoluted that the government, including law enforcement, does not understand them.
In general these laws have been, and likely will continue to be, a failure on every level. Even Boston Mayor Walsh has said that Massachusetts gun laws are ineffective. The idea that Massachusetts’ gun laws have been a success is a false and dangerous narrative. Dangerous because people are falsely being led to believe that the Commonwealth’s gun laws are keeping them safe. Because of that, citizens continue to suffer from increasing crime.”
https://goal.org/page-18050