The spokesman for the Gun Owners of America explains why the bill has to be stopped.
As if an increase in crime in the city of Boston wasn’t bad enough, anti-gun Democrats just made things much worse for the state of Massachusetts as a whole.
A partisan bill named H. 4885 has passed, essentially taking every single swipe at the Second Amendment that it can. It sets up a variety of anti-liberty laws that essentially chip away at the rights of private gun owners. It includes the following:
- A complete semi-automatic firearm and “high-capacity” magazine ban with a grandfathering date of August 1, 2024.
- Tougher penalties on homemade firearms — all frames and receivers are expected to be serialized.
- Expansion of Red Flag laws.
- Stricter testing/licensing standards, which creates a new training curriculum that includes injury prevention, suicide prevention, disengagement tactics, live fire training, and completion of a written exam.
- An outright ban on “undetectable firearms.”
- Allowing the Department of Criminal Justice access to firearm owners personal data by making changes to information protection law.
- Bans the usage of 3-D printers and CNC milling machines to manufacture or assemble any firearm without a license to carry firearms.
- Bans the sale of 3-D printers and CNC milling machines that have the “primary or intended function of manufacturing or assembling firearms.”
- New permitting laws for pepper spray.
- Expansion of the current Firearm Control Advisory Board.
House Speaker Ronald Mariano noted of the bill, “The culmination of a multi-year process that began after the Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority issued their disastrous Bruen decision, which weakened the Commonwealth’s gun safety laws and endangered our residents.”
Gun groups, however, are not resting quietly over the bill. Many are already considering legal action, including the Gun Owners of America.
Joining us now to discuss this further is Stephen Willeford, the spokesman for the Gun Owners of America. You may recall Willeford being the “hero with a gun” with the Sutherland Springs situation in 2017, in which he’s co-authored a book. His expertise on gun rights make him an ideal interviewee for this subject.
Q&A:
- Why would Massachusetts Democrats put such a bill together, considering how much it violates the Second Amendment?
- Why are Massachusetts officials more concerned about limiting gun rights rather than controlling the violence that has overtaken Boston?
- How quickly do you expect legal action to come against this bill, especially considering just how much it bans?
- Will we potentially see more attempts at bans like this as the year goes on? And if Kamala Harris manages to make her way into the White House?
- You have an event coming up next month called G.O.A.L.S., or the Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit. Tell us more about it.
- You can visit the official website at https://goals.gunowners.org/.
- You recently wrote a book called A Town Called Sutherland Springs: Faith and Heroism Through Tragedy, revolving around your 2017 “hero with a gun” situation. Tell us more about how this came together, and why it’s such an important read right now.
- Where can people find your book?
- Where can we learn more about you, as well as Gun Owners of America?
- You can learn more at http://www.thebarefootdefender.com. You can also read more about the Gun Owners of America at https://www.gunowners.org/.
About Stephen Willeford…
Stephen represents Gun Owners of America and is known around the country as the “good guy with the gun” for helping stop the largest Texas mass shooting in the history of the state in 2017. He is available to speak about all gun rights issues, as well as the importance of Gun Owners of America. You can read more about him at http://www.thebarefootdefender.com.
CONTACT: Todd Baumann at 512-966-0983 or by email Jerry McGlothlin at jerry@specialguests.com.
