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On August 13, Governor Deval Patrick (D) signed H.4376 into law.* In spite of active opposition from the NRA, this draconian anti-gun bill was passed and enacted, and contains a variation of the original discretionary component, allowing a licensing authority to file a petition to the district court to request that an applicant be denied the issuance or renewal of a Firearms Identification Card (FID). *This discretionary component, and many other main provisions of this law, take effect on January 1, 2015.

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