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Stop Handgun Violence2025-01-13T14:15:16+00:00Current Newsletter|

NEWSLETTERS January 13, 2024 | 2024 Review Massachusetts 2024 new gun safety laws have been in effect since October 2024 Here's a short summary of key aspects that will help our communities be safe! Requires the registration and serialization of frames and receivers, plus updates the definition of firearm to include unfinished frames and receivers, aka untraceable ghost guns. Ghost guns recovered by federal law enforcement are soaring across the country. Boston Police Department alone saw a 280% rise in untraceable ghost guns it recovered between 2019-2021. Raises the age at which an individual can own a semi [...]

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Stop Handgun Violence2024-12-30T20:35:27+00:00Press Releases|

PRESS RELEASE July 18, 2024 | Stop Handgun Violence Praises the Act Modernizing Firearms Boston, MA - Stop Handgun Violence, a Massachusetts based non-profit committed to preventing gun violence for 30 years in the Commonwealth, looks forward to witnessing the House and Senate vote to pass on H.4885, an Act Modernizing Firearms today. “I am grateful to the House and Senate leadership, Speaker Ron Mariano and President Karen Spilka, who publicly expressed their commitment to a gun safety bill at a joint press conference with Stop Handgun Violence, Gabby Giffords, the MA Coalition to Prevent Gun [...]

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Stop Handgun Violence2025-01-13T12:40:24+00:00SHV in the News|

SHV IN THE NEWS Dec 10, 2024 |NBC Boston – Concern over ghost guns grows after killing of CEO “These guns are designed to be untraceable.” ~John Rosenthal Dec 5, 2024 | State House News Panel balks at fed funds for gun violence prevention “We won’t be getting any help from the Trump administration because they’re in the pocket of the NRA,” Rosenthal said. “And these programs save lives.” Nov 2, 2024 | Boston Globe Progress on abortion rights and gun safety must come in the states First, in an [...]

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