It's not unusual for us to receive phone calls from MA gun owners who are looking for guidance and are not members of GOAL.

Often times they ask "why should I join GOAL?"   The answer is simple: "our answering of your phone call and question is made possible by GOAL members".

We are more than just a resource though, we continually work to protect & restore Second Amendment freedom, we support many education efforts including our full training schedule and we proudly represent the interests of all law abiding gun owners.

If you are not a member, please consider joining, you can do so online here: http://goal.org/joingoal.html

-MLK

On behalf of our fifteen thousand members, the GOAL Staff would like to express our sorrow and offer our heart felt condolences to everyone affected by violence this week. 

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House GOP indefinitely delays gun control votes

House Republican infighting has forced GOP leaders to indefinitely postpone a vote on an "anti-terrorism package," leaving Congress with no legislative response to last month's massacre in Orlando.

As Democrats are pushing Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for votes on their gun control proposals, taking to the House floor Thursday to read the names of victims of gun violence, Republicans can’t agree among themselves on what they will support in a gun package.

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GOAL Exec. Director Jim Wallace on WBUR radio this week. Jim followed Congresswoman Katherine Clark who would only accept destruction of due process, because "proving someone is a terrorist is just too much of a burden for government to prove in 72 hours."

GOAL had a chance to respond somewhere after the 8 minute mark.

Click here to listen

Beginning July 1st, applications for the 2016 Quabbin Controlled Deer Hunt will be available at the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) deer hunt web page (www.mass.gov/dcr/deerhunt). Click on the application box to begin the process; completed applications must be submitted by August 15th to be eligible for the lottery drawing in September. Beginning this year, all applications must be submitted online and there is no longer an application fee.

Applicants can use any computer with internet access, including those at public libraries, to complete the application form. During the application period, staff at the Quabbin Visitor Center (485 Ware Road, Belchertown) will be available to assist hunters with the online application on Saturdays from 9:00 A.M. to noon and Wednesdays from noon to 3:00 P.M.

The 2016 Quabbin Controlled Deer Hunt will occur during the state shotgun season in the Pelham , New Salem, Petersham, and Prescott sections of the Quabbin Reservation. Applicants may apply in groups with a minimum of two hunters up to a maximum of six hunters on each application. On September 7th, approximately 1,100 permits will be drawn based upon hunter's license numbers. Successful applicants will receive written notification from the DCR by early October. For more information, please call the Quabbin Visitor Center at (413) 323-7221.