Chapter 135 – Nearly Six Months and Few Answers

The now infamous Chapter 135 gun laws were signed into law by Governor Maura Healey on July 25, 2024. After nearly six months the lawful Second Amendment community has gotten very little in terms of answering the endless questions.

We have a clear understanding of why “An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws” was finalized in secret and passed by a legislative body that had no understanding of what was in it. The simple answer is, because the entire piece of legislation could never have survived the light of day and any reasonable scrutiny. To this day, we are not even sure who wrote it.

What amounts to a cesspool of anti-civil rights wish list, the meaning of individual sections, paragraphs, sentences, and even singular words are the cause of endless debate among citizens. The questions are so exhaustive, that even trying to break down explanations by specific subject matter is nearly impossible. Perhaps this is why, six months later, the new laws have not even been put up on the official Massachusetts Legislature’s website.

If lawful citizens want to look up a specific section of the gun laws for reference, they will be getting the wrong information.

Even as GOAL files litigation on specific pieces of the new law, the state simply “suspends” enforcement on that subject and makes our court efforts moot.

With the legislature back in session it is time to make those phones ring again and demand some answers and transparency on laws that should have never even been considered, let alone pass.

Please contact your Massachusetts senator and representative and let them know you want them to at least publish the new laws so that citizens have a reasonable chance of getting at least some information!