'We're taking a look to see exactly what it means and what it doesn't,' said state Rep. Michael Day, a Democrat and House chair of the Legislature's Judiciary committee.
that found Americans have a constitutional right to carry a gun in public for self defense will likely result in legal challenges to Massachusetts gun laws, according to advocates on the both sides of the gun rights issue.
"We're taking a look to see exactly what it means and what it doesn't," said state Rep. Michael Day, a Middlesex Democrat and House chair of the Legislature's Judiciary committee. In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that Massachusetts and other states “potentially affected” by the ruling may continue to require licenses for carrying guns as long as they “employ objective licensing requirements” like those in 43 other states.
But Second Amendment advocates are promising to try to make changes to the state's laws and said they're already strategizing their next steps.
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