Gun owners in Massachusetts are suddenly staring disaster in the face, thanks to a new measure now under consideration in the Democrat-led state legislature.

Among other things, HD 4420 would expand the definition of already banned “assault weapons” to include a single cosmetic feature that anti-gun Massachusetts find objectionable but have nothing to do with the “lethality” of a firearm. For rifles, that includes a folding, telescopic, thumbhole or detachable stock; pistol grip; forward grip; a threaded barrel or a barrel shroud. And for pistols, it would put on the ban list any handgun with a threaded barrel. 

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