A Petition to Protect Your Civil Rights

The legislature and governor claim that “An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws” will reduce Gun Violence, Violent Crime and Ghost Guns. Yet within the 116 Page Bill, only 10 sentences out of 2,455 actually address Ghost Guns (Page 25 of 116). This bill does nothing to address violent crime by criminals. It imposes no additional penalties for crimes committed with firearms by criminals.

Instead, it mandates law abiding citizens to full registration of all guns, including muzzle loaders, enforces burdensome licensing on retailers, and bans magazines over 10 rounds, even prohibiting the transfer of those legally owned.

The law also requires a live-fire test, despite limited access to public ranges, state not owning and operating any public ranges, and establishes multiple government registration and tracking databases, including one for lawful gun owners and another for issuing firearm serial numbers.

Note: The legislature has provided NO funding to the government agencies for any part of this bill. for each of the items they have been challenged on so far – training and the long gun registry – they have issued administrative guidance sayiing that those provisions are delayed, so they’re playing games.

The sponsors of the recall petition collected over 90,000 valid signatures, ensuring that the recall of the law will be on the 2026 ballot. However, the governor short-circuited the democratic process by placing an “emergency preamble” on the law, causing it to go into effect right away.

Follow and donate to the Civil Rights Coalition and Fight Back MA for the latest information about next steps. They’re on many social media platforms so your favorite should be there. Follow and donate to Gun Owners Action League to help fund the lawsuits that are filed and are coming around this law.