（Boston Orange編譯）支持槍枝管制團體「投贊成票支持安全麻州（Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts）」宣佈，聯邦眾議員凱瑟琳·克拉克（Katherine Clark）已背書支持該團體，籲請民眾11月大選時，投下贊成票，支持保留麻州已於2024年通過的槍枝安全法案。
麻州州長奚莉（Maura Healey）在2024年簽署生效「槍枝法現代化法案（An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws）」，旨在堵塞監管漏洞，強制要求自製且無法追蹤的「幽靈槍（ghost guns）」必須標示序列號並登記，擴大預防自殺與槍擊的「紅旗法（ERPOs）」適用範圍，並全面禁止槍枝全自動改裝套件。
槍枝權益團體與美國步槍協會（NRA）麻州分會為反擊，發起連署行動，已成功的把「全面廢除該法」落實為11月的麻州大選選票問題。
支持槍枝管制人士因此成立「投贊成票支持安全麻州（Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts）」的草根聯盟，全力爭取政界與選民支持。
由於選票問題是"Do you approve of a law enacted by the General Court known as Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024, An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws?" (「您是否同意/認可州議會所通過之 2024 年第 135 號法案，即《槍枝法律現代化法案》？」)，選民在投票時必須投「YES」，才能達到保留2024年法案的目的，支持槍枝管制人士因此特地強調投票時的選項是要投「YES」。
代表麻州第5選區（MA-05）的聯邦眾議員Katherine Clark表示，「現代化槍枝法」是保障社區安全的基石，呼籲選民在11月大選時投下「贊成票（YES）」保留法案。
Katherine Clark過去在國會推動槍管政策不遺餘力，曾參與奧蘭多夜店槍擊案後的國會靜坐抗議，並促成通過2022年的聯邦「跨黨派更安全社區法案（Safer Communities Act）」。麻州是全美槍管最嚴格的州之一，這場由槍支安全法保衛戰將成為全美槍管政策的重要風向球。
Congresswoman Katherine Clark Endorses Vote Yes For a Safe Massachusetts
Tuesday, July 21, Boston – Today, Congresswoman Katherine Clark (MA-05) endorsed Vote Yes for a Safe Massachusetts, the campaign working to defend the Commonwealth's 2024 gun safety law and reject efforts to roll back critical protections against gun violence.
“I’m proud that Massachusetts is a national leader when it comes to gun violence prevention,” said Representative Clark. “Preserving that leadership – and building on it – requires us to protect the effective policies that are already in place. The Commonwealth’s 2024 gun safety law established critical protections against ghost guns, assault weapons, and more – policies that make all of our communities safer. Now, it’s up to all of us to keep this law in place and continue the work of ensuring every resident of Massachusetts can live free from the fear of gun violence.”
“An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws,” passed overwhelmingly and signed into law by Governor Healey in 2024, required ghost guns – untraceable firearms that can be constructed at home – to be serialized and registered; expanded Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) to increase protections against suicides and mass shootings; banned conversion kits that turn semi-automatic weapons into fully-automatic ones; and more. Shortly after the law was passed, gun extremists, supported by the gun lobby and the Massachusetts chapter of the NRA, filed a referendum petition to repeal the law in its entirety. The question will appear on the November ballot in Massachusetts.
"During her time in the State House and now in Congress, Representative Clark has been an ally and a champion for strong gun violence prevention policies,” said Ruth Zakarin, Chair of the Vote Yes For a Safe Massachusetts campaign. "Her leadership in Congress has helped advance policies that are saving lives in Massachusetts, and we are incredibly grateful for her support as we work to defend our nation-leading gun safety laws right here in the Commonwealth."
In Congress, Representative Clark helped organize a historic sit-in on the House floor to demand action on gun safety legislation in the weeks following the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Her leadership helped steward the Safer Communities Act, a landmark federal law to reduce gun violence, enhance school safety, and expand mental health resources, which passed Congress and was signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022, and she has secured Federal funding to research the causes and impacts of gun violence.
For Massachusetts voters in November, a YES vote will preserve An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws and ensure that critical protections and comprehensive gun violence prevention efforts remain in place.
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