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https://www.nssf.org/articles/nssf-rebukes-massachusetts-legislation-denigrating-second-amendment-rights-to-state-privilege/?utm_source=bulletpoints

NSSF Rebukes Massachusetts Legislation Denigrating Second Amendment Rights to State Privilege Massachusetts legislators are seeking to rush through a 111-page bill that will do nothing to stem violence in the Commonwealth and will only create a bloated bureaucratic mess that impacts law-abiding gun-owners.”

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/8th-circuit-court-rules-minnesota-18-20-carry-ban-unconstitutional/

8th Circuit Court Rules Minnesota 18-20 Carry Ban Unconstitutional - The Truth About Guns & Post Next Post▶ We’ve reported several times over the past year how 18- to 20-year-old gun owners in many states are denied their Second Amendment rights despite being considered “adults” for other constitutionally protected freedoms. It’s a travesty, and many such laws have...

Please research the proposed Senate bill 3589 and then feel free to copy and paste this into an email to your two state senators:

I am vehemently opposed to Senate bill 3589 and the vague (at best) language and parameters portrayed in this bill.
Many of our tier 1 retired military members teach law abiding citizens skills which keep those law abiding citizens safe - education law abiding citizens would not be able to receive if this bill were to pass.
There are other laws already in force which address “paramilitary” organizations and these laws have been in existence since at least the Mariel boatlift.
This proposal goes far beyond the parameters of “paramilitary” and creates an environment where millions of law abiding citizens within their constitutionally guaranteed rights would become felons…and that is unacceptable!

Bills being proposed in Florida by Democrats.
Not one deals with an actual mental health issue, solely are about the violation of law abiding fi****ms owners right to privacy and ability to defend themselves and their loved ones.
Actually when it comes to requiring a background check for ability to purchase ammunition, the NICS system is not set up for such a volume, and the requirement is the same as requiring a driver to ask permission every time they want to purchase fuel for their vehicle.
It is as if these Florida Democrat minority legislators through around terms without actually defining or know the definition of the language they’re using such as “assault weapon”
In my opinion these are more proposed feelings-good laws which solely have negative impacts for law abiding fi****ms owners and yet again do nothing to solve the mental health crisis.

SB-96 Use or Threatened Use of Force by Shevrin ''Shev'' Jones (D)
Use or Threatened Use of Force; Citing this act as the "Self-Defense Restoration Act"; deleting provisions stating that persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have a duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force in defense of persons or property, respectively; prohibiting the use of deadly force by a person who knows that he or she can avoid the necessity of using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; deleting provisions stating that a person using or threatening to use deadly force does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

SB-130 Possession or use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location by Lori Berman (D)
Possession or use of a Firearm in a Sensitive Location; Defining the term “sensitive location”; prohibiting the possession or use of a firearm in a sensitive location; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2024

HB-145 Sales of Ammunition by Dan Daley (D)
Sales of Ammunition: Requires background checks for sale or transfer of ammunition. Effective Date: October 1, 2024

SB-150 Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines by Lori Berman (D)
Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; specifying requirements for an applicant who fails to qualify for a certificate of possession; providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain offenses when committed with an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2024

SB-176 Sale, Transfer, and Storage of Fi****ms by Tina Polsky (D)
Sale, Transfer, and Storage of Fi****ms; Revising the standard by which adults and minors are considered criminally negligent in the storage of a firearm under specified circumstances; providing criminal penalties; revising an exception to the prohibition on storing or leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor who obtains it and commits a specified violation; revising requirements for the safe storage of loaded fi****ms; providing criminal penalties if a person is found to have failed to properly secure or store a firearm, resulting in a minor gaining access to the weapon, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2024

SB-180 Sale or Transfer of Ammunition by Tina Polsky (D)
Sale or Transfer of Ammunition; Citing this act as "Jaime’s Law"; requiring background checks for the sale or transfer of ammunition; providing exceptions, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2024

HB-259 Discharging a Firearm in Residential Areas by Katherine Waldron (D)
Discharging a Firearm in Residential Areas: Revises prohibitions on discharge of fi****ms in residential areas; removes exceptions. Effective Date: October 1, 2024

🤔 Isn’t this a direct violation of the US Constitution where it is clearly written:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

While some will definitely argue about the word “regulated” in that phrase - if it is regulated by the opposition then the men and women of our republic are no longer a free militia of free men….merely subjects of a tyrannical oppressor.

Political party doesn’t matter for the Governor - they are an elected official sworn to up uphold the Constitution…not violate it.

This is an overt act of tyranny!

Vermont bans owning, running paramilitary training camps

By LISA RATHKE
May 8, 2023

Vermont on Monday made it a crime to own or operate paramilitary training camps in the state after Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed legislation introduced in response to a fi****ms training facility built without permits that neighbors called a menace.
Violators face up to five years in prison or a fine up to $50,000 or both, according to the law. It prohibits a person from teaching, training, or demonstrating to anyone else the use, application, or making of a firearm, explosive, or incendiary device capable of causing injury or death that will be used in or in furtherance of a civil disorder. It also bans a person from assembling with others for such training, instruction or practice.
The gun violence prevention group led by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, of Arizona, who was forced to give up her political career when she was disabled in a 2011 assassination attempt, praised Vermont’s law.
“Today, Vermont joins 25 other states that prohibit fi****ms training for anti-government paramilitary activity,” said Allison Anderman, senior counsel and the leader of Giffords’ Guns & Democracy project. “Private paramilitary activity is illegal in Vermont and has been associated with the intimidation of people exercising their constitutional rights across the US,” she said by email. “This is a commonsense policy that will help reduce the spread of dangerous, illegal, and anti-government fi****ms intimidation.”
The Vermont law does not apply to legitimate law enforcement activity or lawful activity by Norwich University or any other educational institution where military science is taught. it also doesn’t apply to self-defense instruction or practice without the intent of causing a civil disorder; fi****ms instruction that is intended to teach the safe handling and use of fi****ms; and any lawful sports or activities like hunting, target shooting and fi****ms collection.
In Oregon, which has had the sixth-highest number of extremist incidents in the country in the last 10 years, the legislature is considering a bill that, according to experts, would create the country’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity. A failed bill this year in the New Mexico legislature that sought to rein in paramilitary patrols created in recent years to halt migrants near the international border with Mexico. A paramilitary patrol in New Mexico appeared at a protest over a statue of a Spanish conquistador.
The owner of the 30-acre fi****ms training center in southern Vermont has until summer to remove all unpermitted structures on the site in Pawlet. Neighbors have complained about the gunfire and what they say are threats and intimidation by owner Daniel Banyai and his supporters.
The Vermont Environmental Court said that Banyai was in contempt of court for deliberately flouting a series of court orders issued since the legal case began in 2019 and now faces jail and fines that could exceed $100,000 if he fails to comply by June 23.
Banyai did not respond to a text seeking comment.