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

The Big Bang Annual Raffle is our primary fund raising event for the year and is vitally necessary to our continued success.

Drawing will be held at noon on April 29, 2016 at the GOAL office.

Tickets: $10 each, three for $20, ten for $50.

This year we have 10 fabulous firearms that you will surely get a "kick" out of!

1. Mossberg MVP Rifle 7.62mm
2. Ruger Redhawk Hunter Revolver .44 mag
3. Auto Ordnance M1 Carbine .30
4. Windham Weaponry Muddy Girl AR-15 Rifle 5.56mm
5. CAI WASR-10 Rifle 7.62x39
6. Savage 220 Camo Shotgun 20ga
7. Mossberg MVP Predator Rifle 5.56mm
8. Ruger SR1911 Pistol .45 ACP
9. S&W M&P-10 Rifle .308 cal
10. Mossberg 930 Shotgun 12ga

Drawing held April 29, 2016 at 12:00 PM at the GOAL office, you need not be present to win. Odds determined by number of tickets sold. All federal and state gun laws apply. All prizes are to be claimed within 30 days from the drawing.

Please note! Due to federal regulation we cannot send ticket stubs for any raffle via the mail.

A few updates on the alert regarding the three articles to be voted on at town meeting on May 10th.

• The Articles are now numbered 27, 28, 29. 
• GOAL has confirmed that Select Board Member Alex Grant is the proponent of the three articles.  Alex is a federal prosecutor and submitted the articles via citizens petition.
  
• A Life Member of GOAL and Longmeadow resident, Walt Lamon has volunteered to lead the effort to stop the unconstitutional articles.  If you are a Longmeadow resident who would like to be involved, please contact Walt via email.
  

Here is the GOAL Alert:

GOAL has learned that Longmeadow Massachusetts will be voting at town meeting on May 10th and could vote in some drastic anti-Second Amendment measures.

Proposed gun control bylaws on Longmeadow annual Town Meeting warrant.

LONGMEADOW — A member of Longmeadow's Select Board submitted three proposed gun control bylaws for the May 10 Town Meeting warrant as citizen petitions.

Select Board member Alex Grant was the lead petitioner, and submitted the petitions as a town resident, rather than in his capacity as a member of the board, Chairman Richard Foster said. Citizen petitions bypass Select Board approval, and go straight onto the warrant for Town Meeting consideration.

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GOAL has learned that there is a hunting/discharge ban on the town warrant for the May 10th Annual Town Meeting.  The proponent of the article wants to ban the safe and lawful discharge of firearms on private property. See Article 27 on page 38. (note it's mistakenly marked as Article 25)

Town Meeting is May 10, if you are an Ipswich resident please attend and vote NO.

http://www.ipswichma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8215

GOAL has learned that there is a citizens petition on the town meeting warrant, see Article 28, (page 10).

This is yet another citizens petition filed with the intent of restricting freedom. If you live in Westport, please plan on attending town meeting May 3rd and voting this nonsense down.

http://westporttownmeeting.com/5-3-16%20ATM%205th%20Draft%2…

The town of Lexington will vote on Article 34 at town meeting beginning on April 6, 2016.

The article, (as of today) is to be submitted to town meeting as a non-binding resolution, it is no longer a ban.  While this is good news we need to point out that the basic premise of Article 34 is an insult to all law abiding gun owners. His logic is also flawed in that he insinuates that a gun is inherently "dangerous". A firearm is an inanimate object incapable of doing anything on its own. The only thing that has the potential for being dangerous is the person and there is nothing in any of the versions of Article 34 which addresses this. It's just more bigotry, harassment and blame of lawful gun owners. For this reason GOAL will ask that our members and the residents of Lexington continue to oppose Article 34.

To stop this article from becoming law, it must be voted down by Lexington's town meeting members at the Annual Town Meeting.

The annual town meeting is scheduled for March 21, 2016 at 7:30 PM in the Carey Memorial Building, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420.

Take Action!

Lexington residents need to contact their town meeting members and urge them to vote NO on Article 34.

Click here to see a precinct map for Lexington.  Click here for a listing of town meeting members.

Plan on attending town meeting April 6, 2016 and speaking out against this attack on our Second Amendment.

Click here for more information

The Supreme Court’s Eight Gun Salute
A unanimous rebuke to legal resistance to the right to bear arms.

The Supreme Court decides many cases unanimously, but not often regarding the Second Amendment. That rare occasion happened Monday when the eight sitting Justices threw out a Massachusetts ruling that the right of individuals to bear arms doesn’t include stun guns.

Jaime Caetano began carrying a stun gun as protection against an abusive ex-boyfriend who remained a threat despite restraining orders (Caetano v. Massachusetts). When officers found her stun gun during a search, she was arrested and convicted for possessing an unlawful weapon. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld her conviction on grounds that stun guns are “not the type of weapon that is eligible for Second Amendment protection” because they weren’t around when the Second Amendment was written.

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