Back door gun control

July 7, 8:35 PMBoston Gun Rights ExaminerRon Bokleman

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Smith & Wesson 442 38 Special
Commemorative D.C. v. Heller

If you know you can’t win by passing more draconian laws through the State Legislature, why not regulate firearms ownership out of existence?

That’s exactly what the Patrick Administration is proposing with a new set of regulations to be approved by the Secretary of Public Safety, Kevin M. Burke. 

As the Governors bill (H.4102 An Act to Reduce Firearm Violence) alluded to these regulations have now been made somewhat public and as usual are being ignored by the complicit media. The Governor’s cover letter included these words:

“The Secretary of Public Safety and Security will also file regulations in conjunction with this legislation to regulate any gun shows that are open to the general public in order to ensure that appropriate safety procedures are undertaken.”

The regulations, submitted read as follows:

You see there are many Sportsmen’s and Women’s Clubs in Massachusetts despite the best efforts of a select ill-informed minority who have no respect for our Constitution(s), Federal or State. More importantly, they know that our numbers are increasing dramatically and in no small part to our current President and his parties stated administrative policies combined with the economic downturn and increase crime.

With more and more people turning to those who long ago made the personal choice to exercise their Second Amendment rights these anti-Constitutional, One-Worlder’s” must find ways other more expedient ways to thwart this threat of increased voters at the ballot box; as usual always under the guise and outright lie of public safety and for the “common good”.

These regulations, if passed as written, would effectively eliminate firearms education and training courses, affect in some manner nearly all shooting events open to the public, including junior shooting programs, Women on Target, Becoming an Outdoors Woman, and club field days enjoyed by thousands of responsible, licensed, firearms owners and shooting enthusiasts. Any events open to the public where a machine gun was in use would also be eliminated.

Today, Trap, Skeet, and 5-Stand, International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) Pistol, Cowboy Action Shooting, and Scholastic Clay events are held on clubs all across the Commonwealth during the week and on weekends where the public is invited. If that a non-member were to show up as a guest of a club member, or just stopped in and wanted try the sport – the club would have to deny that non-member that request until all of the above regulations were satisfied.

Even if the club were to satisfy all of the above an arbitrary or capricious denial of a police detail would be enough to deny the public participatory access to these events.

The end result of these regulations will be that no Sportsmen’s and Women’s Club, for any reason, opens itself up to the public where a firearm or ammunition would need to be provided. This will ultimately result in a drastic reduction in new shooters, placing one more hurdle in front of potential interested parties, further reducing our numbers.

With these regulations, the Governor and his appointed Secretary of Public Safety are saying that if new shooters can’t get their required safety instruction to apply for their lawful permits – too bad for them.

Had enough? These regulations are scheduled to have a public hearing on Monday, July 20, 2009 at 10:00 am at the Massachusetts State Police Headquarters, 470 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01702. To submit written comments in advance of the hearing, please send them:

Attention Catherine Bailey
Assistant General Counsel
Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
One Ashburton Place
Room 2133
Boston, MA 02108

An official copy of the proposed regulations may be obtained from the same address.

Remember, it’s not about public safety; it’s about eliminating the right of self-defense and eliminating the votes of those who believe in the Second Amendment (America’s original “Homeland Security” act, and the amendment that ultimately protects all the others) – through back door gun control.