Westford Massachusetts town officials considering complete ban of firearms

[sniper1695]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet but in the town of Westford Massachusetts the town selectman is trying to push through a new ordinance for the whole town that would completely ban all firearms and set up a door to door confiscation of all existing firearms as well. If you have not heard you should look it up, this is some seriously crazy and scary stuff they are thinking up over in Westford. They may end up trying, but all it will take is one person to stand up and fight this is in court and they will be the new owners of what was once a piece of land called Westford. Here is a link with the actual story and some more info, they need help fighting this, anything you can do would be greatly appreciated by gun owners in that town.

NRA-ILA | Massachusetts: Westford Faces Impending Gun Ban and Confiscation of Commonly Owned Firearms and Magazines

 

[Travis15R]

I hope they try it, and Westford ends up getting renamed to "2A Friendly zone" after they are rung through the court system.

 

[jibbr71]

Not for nothin', but nowhere in any of the links provided does the confiscation of any firearms, let alone all firearms, come up. Don't get me wrong, this is still a poor piece of legislation at the town level, but really it is not seeking any more than the Commonwealth already does. Let me repeat: I do not condone the draft ordinace, nor do I endorse the way the Commonwealth handles firearms in regards to citizens in any way shape or form (then again, that's why I live in NH, not MA). But to throw out sensational posts about a town trying to ban ALL guns, and confiscation if you do not comply is irresponsible.

 

[SMSgt]

Tell them to look up the Heller case before they waste any more taxpayer dollars. No can do.

 

[HankG]

You know, if you join the military you take an oath to uphold the Constitution and that includes the Second Amendment. If you are a person who takes an oath seriously, as I'm sure the person administering that oath hopes you are, standing up for confiscation of firearms not outlawed by the House and Senate of the US is a violation of that oath. I'm wondering how the Supreme court would look on this oath if people who took it say to the confiscators, "I'm bound by my oath to say no to you".

 

[sniper1695]

jump to conclusions???

Not for nothin', but nowhere in any of the links provided does the confiscation of any firearms, let alone all firearms, come up. Don't get me wrong, this is still a poor piece of legislation at the town level, but really it is not seeking any more than the Commonwealth already does. Let me repeat: I do not condone the draft ordinance, nor do I endorse the way the Commonwealth handles firearms in regards to citizens in any way shape or form (then again, that's why I live in NH, not MA). But to throw out sensational posts about a town trying to ban ALL guns, and confiscation if you do not comply is irresponsible.

This link is all I have, I have been to the forums in town and confiscation is their goal, openly. I am not being sensational at all unfortunately, they want to outlaw them and collect them up, straight from the horses mouth. and as of yesterday the guy backed down saying he didn't expect the backlash, and that he thought he would have more support. he was overwhelmed by people against this. Ask me next time before assuming I am throwing up bull**** info, the last thing I am going to do is put bad info out and try to get people fired up with lies because unfortunately even I couldn't make this stuff up. The reason I know what their goal was is because as a state LEO I would possibly been called upon to confiscate the weapons, what was talked about behind closed doors was even worse than what I have put out here.

 

[sniper1695]

You know, if you join the military you take an oath to uphold the Constitution and that includes the Second Amendment. If you are a person who takes an oath seriously, as I'm sure the person administering that oath hopes you are, standing up for confiscation of firearms not outlawed by the House and Senate of the US is a violation of that oath. I'm wondering how the Supreme court would look on this oath if people who took it say to the confiscators, "I'm bound by my oath to say no to you".

An order to confiscate weapons from law abiding citizens would be an order refused by myself, as both a combat veteran and a current LEO. No way would I even participate in that. I took an oath and I will live by that for the rest of my life, once a soldier always a soldier, no such thing as "former" to me.

 

[Quick10]

Looks like it was thrown out

» Citizens Applaud Defeat of Firearms Ban in Massachusetts Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Looks like it was thrown out

» Citizens Applaud Defeat of Firearms Ban in Massachusetts Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

This should give us cause for hope. We are not alone. This selectman is learning how much support there is for the 2nd A.
When you watch this video look at the faces of the people as they learned the proposal was withdrawn. And this is Massachusetts, considered not very gun friendly.

 

[dougb1946]

Every legislature, every congress gets its share of bills presented by extremists. Most have little chance of passing because 1)some are blatantly illegal, 2) the majority really are not interested in passing the law. I think most of it is just political posturing.

This last round of gun control bills shows that we, as legal responsible adult gun owners need to actively work to replace some legislators-the ones that will guarantee our welfare by removing our guns.

We need some sort of test for our legislators-can they balance a checkbook, can they identify the Bill of Rights, do they play well with others, do they know the difference between serve and rule.

 

[KFrameFan]

Massachusetts showing just how bad the buffoonery has gotten. I'm glad that there was little to no support for this legislation. Be ever vigilante, this will not be the gun grabbers final push here in Taxachusetts.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Liberal morons often pass moronic liberal legislation as a political statement when it has no legal chance of going anywhere. A few years ago the City and County of San Francisco passed a law that essentially banned all handgunned except those owned by currently employed peace officers. They could never enforce it as it was clearly a violation of both state laws and the US Constitution. They knew that when it passed.

 

[shadowrider]

After the Heller decision and the antics of D.C. and Chicago, the very fact that they would try to pull this off is concerning. And I'm wondering when our elected officials are going to be held to account of their oath. The way it looks that would be never.

 

[jibbr71]

This link is all I have, I have been to the forums in town and confiscation is their goal, openly. I am not being sensational at all unfortunately, they want to outlaw them and collect them up, straight from the horses mouth. and as of yesterday the guy backed down saying he didn't expect the backlash, and that he thought he would have more support. he was overwhelmed by people against this. Ask me next time before assuming I am throwing up bull**** info, the last thing I am going to do is put bad info out and try to get people fired up with lies because unfortunately even I couldn't make this stuff up. The reason I know what their goal was is because as a state LEO I would possibly been called upon to confiscate the weapons, what was talked about behind closed doors was even worse than what I have put out here.

I read your post title to mean that they wanted to ban ALL firearms. I read the gungrabbing rhetoric in the link to be not much different than what Massachussets already has in place. I do not excel at reading all of that b.s., as I prefer plain english, so maybe I missed it. I apologize for my remark about you being irresponsible, that was rash on my part. We're all fighting the same fight here, and no matter what they want to do, it's too much. Come on up to N.H. where it's free, and I'll buy you a beer. To that end, Thank you for your service, past and present...I, along with so many others, TRULY appreciate it.

 

[Road Rat]

Those of you who served in the US military should remember the entire oath:

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States
against all enemies, foreign and domestic;

And we seem to be having more "domestic" enemies lately.

 

[chevydave]

that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God!

I hear that!

 

[USAF385]

It's sad that Massachusetts has become what it is today. If those who lived there before and during the Revolution could see it now. I feel bad for any Patriots in the state who have to put up with the current mentality.

 

[Dmartin]

"The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia." (US Supreme Court, DC v. Heller, 2008, Syllabus, p. 1)

"Some have made the argument, bordering on the frivolous, that only those arms in existence in the 18th century are protected by the Second Amendment." (US Supreme Court, DC v. Heller, 2008, p. 9)

 

[KLYDE]

Some of this malarky dreamt up by these politicians is simply beyond comprehension to a normal thinking person. Of course we know that many on the left are not normal thinking. They believe that we can all sit around the campfire and sing kumbya. Many of these ridiculous proposals are only brought forth so these officials can justify their existance.