The Bartley-Fox Law (also known as the Bartley-Fox Amendment) is a Massachusetts law that sets a one-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone found to be illegally carrying a firearm. It was passed by the Massachusetts General Court in 1974 and took effect in April 1975.
My understanding is that judges didn’t like the “mandatory” part and it goes largely unenforced.
Correct because it became just another reason to put young black men in prison.