The Massachusetts House passed a major gun bill on Wednesday, which tightens previous gun laws and cracks down on unregistered "ghost" guns.

The 125-page bill, which was passed in a 120-38 vote, was a priority for Democratic House Speaker Ronald Mariano after the Supreme Court determined that United States citizens can carry firearms in public for self-defense.

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The new legislation includes banning the firing of guns at or near homes and outlaws carrying firearms while intoxicated. Carrying firearms at schools, polling places, and government buildings would also be against the new laws if approved by the state Senate. The upper chamber has not released its own version of the bill.

The bill also expands the state’s preexisting ban on assault weapons by prohibiting new purchases of AR-15-style weapons, and would ban someone from turning a legal firearm into an illegal automatic weapon, according to the Associated Press.

Massachusetts already has the lowest gun death rate in the country, with 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. Mississippi has the highest at 33.9 per 100,000 people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Opponents of the bill claim the legislation targets lawful gun owners rather than criminals. But supporters of the legislation claim it adds commonsense measures, such as training and restrictions on where someone can carry guns.

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"We believe that if you’re going to have a license for a gun, you should have live fire training, much like if you’re going to drive a car, we don’t just throw the keys at you and walk away,” Jennifer Robinson of the Massachusetts chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America said.

The bill will now be combined and approved by the state Senate before heading to Gov. Maura Healey's (D-MA) desk for her signature. Democrats control both chambers of the state legislature and the executive branch.