Dooner, who has proposed legislation requiring the state coordinate background checks with the FBI and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the state vetting should be comprehensive. “Just to do a CORI check is not enough,” Dooner said. Advocates for the homeless fear background checks...
calling it “the most significant gun safety legislation that Massachusetts has seen in a decade.” The Senate has a formal session planned for July 18 to take up a health care bill, so it is possible that the gun bill could emerge for a vote in that branch...
This study examines the impact of changes to background checks and licensing policies shortly after the passage of the 2014 Massachusetts gun legislation on violent crimes in counties from 2006 to 2016. Using fixed-effects negative binomial regression models, the findings show no immediate impact on...
Afederal lawsuit also filed by gun advocatesargues that the Massachusetts law is unconstitutional, characterizing it as “onerous firearms legislation that imposes sweeping arms bans, magazine restrictions, registration requirements, and licensing preconditions that are as burdensome...
In the U.K., Prime Minister Rishi Sunakproposed raising the legal agethat people in England can buy cigarettes by one year, every year until it is eventually illegal for the whole population. The proposal failed to win approval earlier this year. ...
Action Needed: Comment On Proposed Rule While our attention has been diverted from more important issues such as Hurricane Sandy and the election, please be advised thatNovember 6, 2012is the last day for lenders, settlement agents, Realtors and the public to comment on the controversial new co...
The Speaker told the committee that it was his opinion that the Commonwealth currently had strong laws to reduce gun violence, but he wanted the committee to look for ways proposed legislation or policies in the Commonwealth could be improved. The Speaker told the committee that nothing was "...