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The Supreme Court made it easier to carry a gun. Massachusetts needs to push back

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Aquinnah Guinan, 5, sits on the shoulders of her father, Sean, while attending a March for Our Lives rally in Christopher Columbus Park on June 11, 2022

Boston Globe, July 2022

The recent Supreme Court decision easing restrictions on gun ownership is worrisome in its own right. But there’s reason to believe the conservative majority will go even further. And that could spell trouble for states like Massachusetts with strict gun laws in place that have proven to be effective. But there is a way for the Commonwealth to sustain its admirable, decades-long effort to limit gun violence in a nation awash in it.

First, lawmakers need to mount a pre-emptive defense, shielding the state’s gun laws against legal challenge. And then they should go on the offensive, expanding Massachusetts’ gun control regime in smart, targeted ways.

Continue reading at the Boston Globe.

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