Gun rights advocates are on the verge of temporarily suspending the law, but Gov. Maura Healey is flexing her executive power to implement the law early.

Gov. Maura Healey officially declared a gun reform bill she signed into law more than two months ago an emergency measure Wednesday afternoon, arguing the statute is necessary to preserve the

Governor Maura Healey will put the state's new wide-ranging gun reform law into effect on Wednesday to block opponents from suspending it.