Posted March 15, 2018 10:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

In 2016 Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey expanded the state’s “assault weapon” ban through a reinterpretation, which brought a legal challenge from FFLs and a firearm industry trade group. (Photo: Healey’s office)
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a move by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to dismiss a lawsuit against her arbitrary expansion of the state’s assault weapon ban.
The challenge, brought by four gun dealers and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, took Healey to task for her “enforcement notice” expanding the state’s longstanding ban on certain semi-automatic firearms to include guns that, up to that time, were considered “Massachusetts-compliant.”
Healey argued the case against her was without merit and should be dismissed, citing her decision was based on state law which she, as Attorney General, is tasked to interpret. This week U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman did not concur with that assertion.
Hillman noted that the dealers had been able to widely sell their guns in the state “without sanction, suggesting that the law was previously (prior to the notices in dispute here) settled on this matter,” and that the dealers now must refrain from selling such guns because such sales may be illegal based on Healey’s new interpretation. This, noted

Source: Guns.com

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