The GOAL Podcast - Official Podcast of Gun Owners' Action League

GOAL has been working on two new bills, which will enable people to choose their best means of self defense and get government out of the way.

We made great strides towards that in 2014 when we deregulated the sale of self defense sprays, and are now working towards doing the same with electronic devices.

These products are available over the counter in the majority of the country and we are working towards getting MA into the light regarding self defense choice.

We hope you enjoy!

The Primer - Episode 17

On this episode of The Primer we sit down with GOAL's Executive Director Jim Wallace to discuss a couple of important topics.

The first is Representative David Linsky's new legislation, H.3081 An Act Relative to Extreme Risk Protective Orders.

We also discuss legalized marijuana in MA and how that can lead to pitfalls for licensed gun owners and those who someday may wish to be.

As always, you can find more info on everything we discuss on our website, www.goal.org.

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The Primer - Episode 16.

On this episode we are joined by GOAL Executive Director Jim Wallace. We have a lot to talk about, we have filed a civil rights lawsuit in Federal Court against Attorney General Maura Healey, Governor Charlie Baker and other Massachusetts entities.

We also talk about our legislative package for the 190th Massachusetts General Court. As always we have a lot of important pieces of legislation to discuss and how you can help us move them forward towards becoming law.

As always we have lots of additional information on our website, www.goal.org

If they can do it to us, they can do it to you!

On July 20, 2016 Attorney General Maura Healey announced a deliberate misinterpretation of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts via a highly controversial enforcement notice posted on her website. There was no due process, no public input, no members of the legislature debated her enforcement notice and the governor never signed it into law. Hundreds of thousands of licensed gun owners are now threatened by Healey with a ten year felony charge for failure to comply to the information posted on her webpage. (She also wrote that her enforcement notice is open to change at her discretion.)

Attorney General Healey's actions demonstrated a complete disregard for due process, she did it to advance a political agenda for her personal gain, she usurped the power of the legislature, she silenced the courts, and she muted the voice of the voters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

As a result of Healey's actions, hundreds of small businesses owned by moms and dads are suffering. They are providers and they are grossly affected by her action. By her enforcement notice hundreds of thousands of law abiding gun owners now have a ten-year felony hanging over their head because of property they legally purchased. Her action also denies families the ability to include many firearms in a will, making inheritance impossible.

On this episode we discuss how Healey is intimidating and threatening law abiding citizens with her enforcement notice and lack of clarity it contains.

Click here to read the enforcement notice.

Massachusetts State Senator Mike Moore (D) Second Worcester has been a state senator for 8 years. On this episode we discuss Senator Moore's background and how he became a state senator. We also discuss becoming a candidate for office in MA, common mistakes, best methods and more!

Massachusetts Attorney General Unilaterally Changes Gun Laws

http://www.mass.gov/ago/public-safety/awbe.html

Without any prior notice or public hearings and while the legislature is on break for national conventions the Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, has issued an "Enforcement Notice" to firearm retailers throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts changing the longstanding definition of so-called "Assault Weapons".

For nearly 18 years since the passage of the 1998 Gun Control Act firearm retailers, gun owners and state agencies have been operating under the same interpretation. Now, suddenly, without warning or any due process a single person with a clear political agenda decides to change the rules. All Massachusetts residents should be alarmed!

GOAL is currently trying to decipher the enforcement letter, but with as much information that it contains, it is not very clear what it means. Statements such as the following make it very convoluted: "… a weapon is a Copy or Duplicate, for example, if the operating system and firing mechanism of the weapon are based on or otherwise substantially similar to one of the Enumerated Weapons."

Virtually every semi-automatic that utilizes a detachable magazine has the same operating system or firing mechanism, so what does this mean? The short answer is we simply don't know. Our best advice to firearm retailers for now is to err on the side of caution. These new rules may cover a lot more than just what we might think.

GOAL is working with people and groups around the State and the nation to clarify these new interpretations and decide the best course of action. One thing is certain that this new interpretation is purely a political stunt and has nothing to do with public safety or real law.

Jim Wallace Executive Director

The Primer, Episode 12 - No Fly No Buy.

On this episode we discuss the events over the last week with Congress and the #NoFlyNoBuy movement that is being propelled by many house Democrats. We discuss the secret government lists, the issues with them and why they should never be allowed to be used to erode or destroy guaranteed rights without due process.

The Primer Episode 11 with Mandy Deveno.

Mandy Deveno is a shooting sports enthusiast, avid hunter, NRA Instructor, and working on becoming the Massachusetts State 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator.

On this episode we discuss her experience raising kids, teaching gun safety, hunting, running 4H programs and more!

The Primer – Episode 10 with Alex Hartmann of Ridgeline Shooting.

Alex Hartmann is a former Marine and OEF veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq as a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Currently Alex teaches many aspects of firearms training and self defense through his Ridgeline Shooting Academy. For Episode 10 we talk about his path to becoming a Scout Sniper, his thoughts on precision shooting, teaching it, and what a new shooter should know about it. We conclude by discussing the Orlando attack and the sort of things that licensed gun owners can do to be better prepared for a worst-case scenario.

Give Alex a follow on his website here: http://ridgelineshooting.com/

Lexington voices.

In episode 8 and 9 we will hear from Lexington residents whose rights came under attack via an article filed on the town meeting warrant, which needed to be voted down.

Two of the leaders of the efforts to stop the attacks are Mike Barg and Alan Seferian, we will hear their take on what transpired in Lexington and how LexForLiberty came to be. We will also hear how they were successful in protecting liberty for Lexington residents.