Walsh cited a study by Rutgers University and Harvard Kennedy School researchers, commissioned by the city, which found almost two thirds of the 3,202 recovered guns analyzed were not reported as transferred with the Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau despite being required by law.
“These individuals who are doing the shootings, they have access to illegal weapons on the street,” said Evans in a statement. “Without better enforcement and education, we’re letting things slip through the cracks and legally purchased firearms are falling into the hands of criminals.”
Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140, should you decide to sell or transfer your gun, you must receive approval of the sale / transfer through a web portal developed by the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. You can access the Massachusetts Gun Transaction Portal at mass.gov/eopss/firearms-reg-and-laws/frb. The portal will, among other things, verify the identity of both buyer and seller, and ensure the sale/transfer complies with the law. Please ensure that these simple steps are followed when transferring a firearm so that all guns are properly accounted for. Additionally, the law mandates reporting to both local law enforcement and the Department of Criminal
Clearly there is crime in Boston, that the guns used in these crimes are being sold by legal gun owners discounts the very nature of crime and criminals and concentrates on those who would obey the law (even if it may be unconstitutional) and live in Boston.
I’m not sure what this “study” says about stolen guns being brought in, or guns being stolen by criminals to be used in future crimes, but it does speak volumes about how to oppress those who would decide to own guns in Massachusetts.
Oh I don’t think so. F*** that noise. The .gov would love that! That’s one of the beauties of (current) federal, and in my case state, laws allowing for a paperless private sale. At some point in a hypothetical future of gun “mandatory accountability/confiscation” you have the element of deniability. Just don’t be stupid enough to actually have something to find if they ever come a lookin’ under those circumstances.
Not reported transferred? How bout having been reported stolen? How about from out of state? There are so many holes in that statement that it makes swiss cheese look solid.
Have to see what % of those guns reported stolen, out of state, etc. I know a lot of gun owners in MA, and not one would be willing to risk their license etc by giving/selling a gun to someone without using the required forms, the FA10 I recall.
As a Texan I cannot imagine the red tape and hoops these folks jump through in the name of owning a gun and armed self defense.
This study, the numbers and the BS it promotes are the forerunners of gun confiscation.
Agree. The Sons of Liberty, who were founded in Boston, would not have put up with infringement of this nature; sooner or later government officials who continually usurp citizens of their rights will have their chickens come home to roost.
Firearms used by criminals obtained illegally ? you don’t say…
The outreach campaign, announced Wednesday by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, contends most illegal guns taken off the streets in the city were recovered from someone other than the original, legal purchaser.
Walsh cited a study by Rutgers University and Harvard Kennedy School researchers, commissioned by the city, which found almost two thirds of the 3,202 recovered guns analyzed were not reported as transferred with the Massachusetts Firearms Records Bureau despite being required by law.
