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On July 25, 2024, Maura Healey, the Governor of Massachusetts, signed An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws (H.4885) described as "the state’s most significant gun safety legislation in a decade." [3] [4] Changes per H.4885 were due to go into effect 90 days from the date of signing, on October 23, 2024. [5]
[1] [2] [3] New Hampshire's gun laws are amongst some of the most permissive in the United States; while the state has not had a mass shooting event since 1982, [4] [5] its per capita gun death rate, the 9th lowest gun death rate of the 50 states, [6] is double neighboring Massachusetts, which has among the strictest gun laws in the U.S. This ...
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
4. Gun Barrel City, Texas. Gun Barrel got its fitting name as a safe haven for outlaws like Bonnie and Clyde during the Prohibition era. The city's motto is "We shoot straight with you." 5. Virgin ...
New Hampshire's new year laws bolster gun rights. The only gun-related bills signed into law in 2024 in New Hampshire expanded gun rights. Going into effect on Jan, 1.
New Hampshire has the seventh lowest rate of gun deaths in the United States, with 8.3 deaths per 100,000 people (123 deaths total). New Jersey ©DenisTangneyJr / E+ via Getty Images
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
New gun laws in 2025: Here's what to know about firearms laws rolling out in multiple states on Jan. 1. Criminal justice: New laws in effect Jan. 1, 2025 in states like California, Illinois.