The designation in the group’s “2025 State Gun Law Rankings” places Massachusetts up from the fifth place position on “the strength of its gun laws.” According to Rachel Everley ...

Microstamping refers to etching microscopic characters that identify the make, model or serial number of a firearm in two or more places on the interior surface or internal working parts of the ...

Massachusetts and Maine, where loved ones of the victims of a 2023 mass shooting have pushed for stronger gun laws, strengthened policies like background checks, waiting periods, minimum age to ...

A coalition pushing a 2026 ballot question that would repeal a gun law Gov. Maura Healey signed ... of its cash from a gun manufacturer that fled Massachusetts in 2023, according to state data.

New state laws can be effective in reducing gun violence and deaths. It is a fact that the states with the strongest gun safety laws, for example Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Hawaii, have the ...

Elshoma McCoy, 49, of 176 Waverly St., Framingham, is charged with illegal possession of a firearm; illegal possession of a ...

MASSACHUSETTS GUN LAWS RANKING: Everytown for Gun Safety’s 2025 State Gun Law Rankings were released last week, and they report that Massachusetts has the second strongest gun laws in the nation ...

Massachusetts distributed $2 million to local law enforcement, several state agencies and Northeastern University Jan. 31 in an effort to increase gun violence prevention initiatives.