Guns & Weapons

Gun owners outraged by a sweeping new firearms law are ready to move to the next phase of their repeal campaign, and a leader of the effort suggested Bay Staters should expect “lots of legal action” in the next few weeks. Lobbing criticism at the Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey, who last week prevented the law from being temporarily suspended until...

The fight over the fate of a sweeping new gun law expanded to another front late last week with a second lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality. Gino Recchia and the Bellingham gun shop he owns, Mass Armament, filed a complaint in federal court Friday, alleging that sections of the new law updating the definition of assault-style firearms run afoul...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer, a move that prevents the law from being suspended while opponents work on a ballot measure to put before voters in two years. The law addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag laws. “We needed to give time to our agencies and…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed an emergency preamble to a gun reform bill passed this summer that addresses, among other things, ghost guns and red flag law, though gun rights advocates had collected thousands of signatures in hopes of pushing pause on the bill until voters could weigh in with a ballot question. 

Gov. Maura Healey held a ceremonial signing for Massachusetts’ new gun reform bill that bans Glock switches and more, bringing praise from advocates, though the National Rifle Association said it plans to challenge the legislation.

A new national divide is emerging among states over whether to track sales by gun stores.