PA Bill Number: SB1198
Title: In plants and plant products, providing for plant and pollinator protection; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Agriculture and ...
Description: In plants and plant products, providing for plant and pollinator protection; conferring powers and duties on the Department of Agriculture and .. ...
Last Action: Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Last Action Date: May 17, 2024
Massachusetts Politicians Give Police Dictatorial Authority Over Who Owns Rifles and Shotguns :: 08/01/2014
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts lawmakers on Friday tightened the state's already strict gun laws by passing a measure that gives police chiefs authority to turn down a resident's requests to buy a rifle or shotgun if they believe the person may be a danger.
House lawmakers overrode objections from gun-rights advocates in the state Senate who had opposed the measure, worrying that police chiefs could abuse the authority to deny firearms to law-abiding citizens.
"We seek not to be the safest state in the nation but strive to make our communities the safest in the world," said House Speaker Robert DeLeo, a Democrat.
The bill now goes to Governor Deval Patrick, a fellow Democrat, who supports tightening the state's gun laws.
The measure broadens the authority of police, who were already allowed to deny sales of handguns to people who failed background checks. The new measure gives a police chief 90 days to petition a court to deny a firearms identification card to someone the chief believes to be unfit.
(ed. note: *Hunters: you know you just can't trust those high-powered hunting guns 'right'?! You didn't think the anti-gun people were only after those evil 'black rifles' did you??!!)
http://news.yahoo.com/massachusetts-lawmakers-pass-bill-tightening-state-gun-laws-151017945.html
