By STEVE LeBLANC, Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick is filing gun control legislation he says will close loopholes in Massachusetts’ existing laws while strengthening mental health services.
Some measures in the bill have been filed by Patrick in the past, including restricting gun owners to purchasing one firearm a month and mandating buyers undergo background checks before purchasing weapons at gun shows.
The bill would also tighten access to high-powered ammunition, create four new types of firearms-related crimes, and require the state to send all relevant mental health records to a federal gun license registry.
Patrick’s bill also includes $5 million for Department of Mental Health programs, including training teachers to recognize symptoms of mental illness in students.
The push for tighter gun laws has intensified in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting
Mass already has some of the strictest gun laws you moron!! Why don’t you force the courts to actually convict the criminals instead of dropping the charges!!!!!!!! I seen it all the time when I worked at ludlow jail!
What is he planning to do?
Raise taxes, check
Gun control, check
Help illegal immigrants, check
Increase entitlements, check
More welfare and food stamps, check
Increase the state deficit, check
Use transportation and infrastructure for excuse to raise taxes, check
Soon he’ll use education and public safety for the next wave of tax increases, check
Oppress the working class, check
That is what you get for voting for them, you want them, you get them. Don’t complain now!!!
The sick part is people like deval and the rest of the government cannot control their spending and need to ask for a …..increase in their credit limit one could say. So why am I forced to be responsible and pay my bills? Why can’t I get all the money I want because I spent it all like our fearless leaders?
Why doesnt this idiot just leave the state and go with his buddy in DC.
All part of the scheme to weaken any resistance before a forced RFID implant rollout…you tube / sandy hook hoax.) DONT FALL FOR THE ELITE PLAN
I don’t usually push my views out there, but i am REALLY sick & tired of all the idiots who keep saying more gun laws & restrictions! We don’t blame cars because a drink driver kills someone, why blame a gun for shooting someone. Stricter gun laws only affect the law abiding citizen’s 2nd amendment rights instead of the Morton criminals that break the laws & use guns for violence, so how about instead of punishing law abiding citizens, we actually punish the criminals with stricter punishments when they use guns illegally, instead of slaps on the wrists, probation & etc. We make sexual offenders register so the public & employers are aware of how dangerous they are, why not have a registry for gun law offenders so that gun shops, the public & employers know they are violent criminals.
Oh the mental health issue is another huge aspect of this. Not so much to just control guns from being possesses by people but to actual make more services really available to these people. Closed down the state mental facilities to just put severely mentally handicapped people on the street. And to top it off getting services that treat people for allot of disorders is not that easy. When trying to get help for someone, you are turned away, mental disorders not recognized at all, told to just report kids/adults to the police because there is nothing the medical professionals can do but supposedly the courts will help them, but nope they don’t, as well as so many situations that don’t help mentally disabled people, their family & acquaintances to help prevent breakdowns. Just disgusted by the lack of the big picture & how laws could really help prevent gun violence
With Hillary on her deathbed recently, Devil Patrick is probably gearing up for a 2016 Presidential run, so he has to look all good in front of his Demorat minions. Like Sean says, why are the drug dealers and armed robbers allowed to walk around free in this state?
Hope this bill stiffen sentences for illegal possession of guns and bullets. I would like to see a year mandatory for each bullet and 5 year mandatory for the gun. 20 years on most guns mandatory jail sentence for illegal possession of a gun. “Take care little things, big things take care themselves”. It so easy to control gun violence without penalizing the ones that don’t create it.
Good for him!!!
Love seeing all the conservatives get all riled up!! I often wonder why they are still called conservatives? Used to be they were fiscally conservative, yet they are responsible for over 10 trillion of our 14 trillion debt. They are the opposite ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!
We already have great gun control you idiot. While he is at it he should institute alcohol control, match control, lighter control. They all kill people at times.
Liz is absolutely right! Massachusetts is already one of the TOUGHEST places in America to get a permit to own a gun legally!! Why don’t they start putting these criminals away who use ILLEGAL guns to commit their crimes. No, instead they are allowed to walk free with probation or a courtdate later on down the road which they never go too!!!
the coolest part about guns is shooting beer bottles and broken appliances and abandoned cars in the middle of the desert
Is he just looking for another lunch date with Obama?
Sabrina, Obama has added more debt in his first term alone than GWB did in both his terms in office. Read the facts and stop making up numbers: http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=politics&catid=57400369&feed_id=3&videofeed=39
“Why do you hate safety?! Why do you hate children?!” – Extreme Left
actually , you might need to do some fact checking on cbs news . the 2 wars put us in debt . both started by bush , then the prescription bill . bush spent more then any president in history , and your precious reagan raised tax’s 12 times .
Who will enforce all these new laws.They WILL NOT stop violance. The laws are only good after the crime is committed.
drug dealers , lmao . republicans take away liberties daily , force **** on you like religion , and democrats are the ones to look out for , just remember idiots , there is a republican house . dumbasses
How many more gun control bills/laws do we need in this state?Mass is already one of the toughest gun states already. Another I want your vote feel good law to throw on the books
Yep, the majority of crimes committed by his own Liberal supporters. The ex-chief of police in Holyoke used to tell it like it is. No sooner to I charge someone and they are out on the street my a Liberal Judge. Yes Patrick you head up the Party of Crime.