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A legislative committee plans to hold a hearing next week on a proposed amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution that would change all uses of the word "he" to "they."
State Representative Mindy Domb is the chief sponsor of Massachusetts House Bill 80, which states:
BOSTON — The state's highest court retreated on Tuesday from its long-held stance that a Massachusetts statute banning civilian possession of stun guns is not unconstitutional, marking a rare win for the commonwealth's right-to-bear-arms activists.
Tuesday's decision reflects a March 2016 United States Supreme Court ruling stemming from an appeal filed by a Massachusetts woman named Jaime Caetano, who was charged with a crime by the state after she used a stun gun to ward off an attack from an ex-boyfriend. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in his concurring opinion noted that "Caetano's mere possession of the stun gun that may have saved her life made her a criminal" in Massachusetts.