{"id":1808024,"date":"2023-01-17T08:20:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808024"},"modified":"2023-01-17T08:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:23:01","slug":"massachusetts-law-would-ban-virtually-all-semi-automatic-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-law-would-ban-virtually-all-semi-automatic-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Law Would Ban Virtually All Semi-Automatic Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmassachusetts-law-would-ban-virtually-all-semi-automatic-firearms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808024&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/US-NEWS-CALIF-GUNS-AMMO-LA.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A Massachusetts law would ban virtually all semi-automatic firearms. It would also expand the existing Massachusetts laws. \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban.<\/p>\n<p>Starting this year, Democrats control the state\u2019s legislature as well as the governor\u2019s office, fueling the party\u2019s hopes for a new package of gun control laws, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2023\/01\/12\/metro\/with-democrats-control-massachusetts-legislators-prepare-biggest-push-tighten-gun-laws-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by<\/a> The Boston Globe.<\/p>\n<p>David Linsky (Democratic State Rep.) has introduced many new bills, one of which would expand the definition of banned. \u201cassault weapons\u201d To include almost all semi-automatic firearms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssault weapons,\u201d As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/mass-general-laws-c140-ss-121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defined by<\/a> Since 1994, the state has banned certain models and features.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/HD353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> replaces the state\u2019s lengthy definition of \u201cassault weapon\u201d Use the phrase \u201cany rifle or shotgun containing a semiautomatic mechanism.\u201d The bill doesn&#8217;t mention handguns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanmilitarynews.com\/2023\/01\/14-il-sheriffs-wont-enforce-new-assault-weapons-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: 14 IL sheriffs won\u2019t enforce new \u2018assault weapons\u2019 ban<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linsky introduced the bill as one of 10 gun control measures. <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/natick\/representative-linsky-announces-gun-violence-prevention-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Press release. Other bills contained measures to limit 3D-printed guns. \u201cghost guns,\u201d For gun owners who require live fire practice, a public health institution should be established to study gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would create a program to buy back guns and Massachusetts could participate in it. \u201cdrastically reduce\u201d The amount of semiautomatic weapons currently in circulation \u201cby enforcing a penalty of 18 months in prison and a fine of $5,000 for each weapon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, neither of these measures are included in the bill\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/HD353\/House\/Bill\/Text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">text<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For violating the current assault weapon ban, you could face a minimum of one year in prison and\/or a $1,000 fine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neymanlaw.com\/unlawful-possession-of-an-assault-weapon-or-large-capacity-feedi.html#:~:text=A%20first%20offense%20is%20punishable,and%20up%20to%2015%20years.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Stephen Neyman, Law Offices<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Massachusetts Legislature has been a national leader in passing effective legislation that addresses gun violence prevention, there are more measures that can be taken,\u201d Linsky stated. \u201cI am proud to file bills that would make important and crucial steps in reducing gun violence and preventing further tragedies from occurring.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Massachusetts law would ban virtually all semi-automatic firearms. It would also expand the existing Massachusetts laws. \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban. Starting this year, Democrats control the state\u2019s legislature as well as the governor\u2019s office, fueling the party\u2019s hopes for a new package of gun control laws, as reported by The Boston Globe. David Linsky (Democratic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1808027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7008,5458,9473,6547,5610,3819,15224,15225],"class_list":["post-1808024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-ban","tag-bongino","tag-firearms","tag-law","tag-massachusetts","tag-report","tag-semi-automatic","tag-virtually"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1808024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1808024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1808027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1808024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1808024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1808024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}