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The new sweeping gun-control package recently expedited into law by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey<\/a> is facing another in a long line of legal challenges.<\/p>\n After the law was passed by the legislature, it quickly became a target for gun-rights advocates. An initiative petition<\/a> immediately began circulating in an attempt to get a question overturning the law on the state ballot in 2026, and at least two lawsuits<\/a>, including one by the Massachusetts-based Gun Owners\u2019 Action League (GOAL)\u00a0were filed.<\/p>\n Now, a gun shop owner from Bellingham, Massachusetts, has file a lawsuit challenging the new law. Gino Recchia, owner of Mass Armament<\/a>, filed the complaint Friday in federal court on the grounds that the law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of him and his business. According to the complaint, the business at Mass Armament \u201cis centered, and has been developed, around firearms and large-capacity magazines prohibited by law.\u201d An estimated 70 percent of the store\u2019s business will be lost under the new limitations, the complaint states.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d say I can\u2019t believe it, but I can,\u201d Recchia said of the governor expediting the law in a video posted on Instagram last week. \u201cBut this is Massachusetts, and boy do our politicians not care for our civil rights in the slightest.\u201d<\/p>\n Recchia also suggested that those in opposition to the law should make sure the governor knows how they feel about the situation.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you want to express your displeasure to the governor\u2019s office, the number is 617-725-4005. You can also go on to the governor\u2019s Instagram and comment on all of her recent posts about how you feel about all this. We\u2019re going to keep collecting signatures because it\u2019s the right thing to do. The fight\u2019s not over.\u201d<\/p>\n The measure makes a number of changes that will affect gun owners. It raises the age to own a semi-automatic rifle or shotgun to 21 years old, expands definitions for modifications and parts that convert a semi-auto into a full-auto firearm and bans them, prohibits so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d and also expends the list of places where carrying a firearm is banned to include government buildings, polling places and schools.<\/p>\n The law also adds more firearms to the commonwealth\u2019s banned list of so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d makes the state\u2019s \u201cred-flag\u201d law even more unconstitutional enabling more categories of people to report gun owners, requires standardized safety training, including a live fire component, for all firearm license applicants, establishes a worthless commission to study the funding structure for violence prevention services and establishes an equally worthless commission to study the status, feasibility and utility of smart guns and microstamping.<\/p>\n Along with the current lawsuits, the National Rifle Association also plans to challenge<\/a> the law.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Governor Healey\u2019s signature, Massachusetts has enacted one of the most egregious and freedom-restricting laws in the history of the Commonwealth,\u201d the organization said in a released statement. \u201cNRA will be challenging this law to restore the rights guaranteed to Bay Staters by the U.S. Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
![<\/a>Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe new sweeping gun-control package recently expedited into law by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey<\/a> is facing another in a long line of legal challenges.<\/p>\nAfter the law was passed by the legislature, it quickly became a target for gun-rights advocates. An initiative petition<\/a> immediately began circulating in an attempt to get a question overturning the law on the state ballot in 2026, and at least two lawsuits<\/a>, including one by the Massachusetts-based Gun Owners\u2019 Action League (GOAL)\u00a0were filed.<\/p>\nNow, a gun shop owner from Bellingham, Massachusetts, has file a lawsuit challenging the new law. Gino Recchia, owner of Mass Armament<\/a>, filed the complaint Friday in federal court on the grounds that the law infringes on the Second Amendment rights of him and his business. According to the complaint, the business at Mass Armament \u201cis centered, and has been developed, around firearms and large-capacity magazines prohibited by law.\u201d An estimated 70 percent of the store\u2019s business will be lost under the new limitations, the complaint states.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019d say I can\u2019t believe it, but I can,\u201d Recchia said of the governor expediting the law in a video posted on Instagram last week. \u201cBut this is Massachusetts, and boy do our politicians not care for our civil rights in the slightest.\u201d<\/p>\nRecchia also suggested that those in opposition to the law should make sure the governor knows how they feel about the situation.<\/p>\n\u201cIf you want to express your displeasure to the governor\u2019s office, the number is 617-725-4005. You can also go on to the governor\u2019s Instagram and comment on all of her recent posts about how you feel about all this. We\u2019re going to keep collecting signatures because it\u2019s the right thing to do. The fight\u2019s not over.\u201d<\/p>\nThe measure makes a number of changes that will affect gun owners. It raises the age to own a semi-automatic rifle or shotgun to 21 years old, expands definitions for modifications and parts that convert a semi-auto into a full-auto firearm and bans them, prohibits so-called \u201cghost guns\u201d and also expends the list of places where carrying a firearm is banned to include government buildings, polling places and schools.<\/p>\nThe law also adds more firearms to the commonwealth\u2019s banned list of so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d makes the state\u2019s \u201cred-flag\u201d law even more unconstitutional enabling more categories of people to report gun owners, requires standardized safety training, including a live fire component, for all firearm license applicants, establishes a worthless commission to study the funding structure for violence prevention services and establishes an equally worthless commission to study the status, feasibility and utility of smart guns and microstamping.<\/p>\nAlong with the current lawsuits, the National Rifle Association also plans to challenge<\/a> the law.<\/p>\n\u201cWith Governor Healey\u2019s signature, Massachusetts has enacted one of the most egregious and freedom-restricting laws in the history of the Commonwealth,\u201d the organization said in a released statement. \u201cNRA will be challenging this law to restore the rights guaranteed to Bay Staters by the U.S. Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Gov. 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