Canoe accidents happening all over the Charles River!
Ummm.... no.
When the state police march on Concord will there be anyone to meet them at the bridge?
“if you currently possess a bump stock or trigger crank within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you should contact your local police department or the Massachusetts State Police and arrange an appointment to transfer custody of the prohibited item to the police for destruction.”
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So whatever happened to the long held beliefs (especially here) that the police in this country are pro-2A and would never take part in confiscation in any form?
Or at least due process. I am still waiting for the public hearings that would all for the sale of an AR 15.
What is disturbing is that Massachusetts has a list of gun owners and their addresses.
Dump the CoM into the Bay.
Sturmbannfuhrer Maura Healey strikes again.
Mass is in dire need of a true Molon Labe moment.
It’s an unconstitutional ex post facto law, if it is framed as “shall” rather than “should”.
Have they removed the rifle from their Minuteman statue in Concord yet?
Hard to believe how far the Birthplace of American Freedom has fallen.
Americans in Massachusetts to do to themselves that which the British could not.
Were those bump stocks registered when purchased? How would Mass know who has them?
Whew! At least all my controllable fingers and tac-triggers would be safe if I was unfortunate enough to live in MA...
At one point the decision referred to the Massachusetts court's decision as "frivolous".
Hopefully someone will take this to the Federal courts.
No plans to contact violent criminals/illegal owners and tell them to turn in their bump stocks.
“There is no mention as to how an individual who chooses to comply with this law will be able to show proof that they did.”
If they comply, they cannot be proven guilty.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the police, having a receipt of purchase of bump-stock, can’t get a search warrant and dismantle your house looking for it - ensuring you regret ever playing footsies with the limits of what’s legal.
“There is no mention about what the police will do with these devices upon receiving them.”
Review the new law in question, seeing what exemptions exist. There MUST be exemptions for the police to be able to handle contraband.
I suspect some cops will enjoy their new (to them) bump stocks.
““any device to be attached to a weapon that repeatedly activates the trigger of the weapon”
Next they are going to becoming after our fingers
how are they gonna compensate the owners for the property they are seizing? go by purchase price or depreciated value?
Come and get it.
They can’t confiscate what they don’t know you own...