H5163 removes the “good reason” provision from Massachusetts’s license-to-carry (LTC) statute in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bruen, but keeps the requirement of mandatory in-person police interviews for residents who possess or carry firearms.
The Senate passed H5163 on August 1, 2022, by a vote of 37 to 1. We have assigned minuses to the yeas because the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that the fundamental right of the American people to keep and bear arms “shall not be infringed.” Moreover, the 4th Amendment requires that this right not be violated by means of warrantless inquiry or delay.