Federal Judge Rules Mass. Gun Shops Can Open; Defeat for Gov. Baker

By Dave Workman

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- A U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts handed Gov. Charlie Baker a defeat Thursday, ruling from the bench that gun shops in the Commonwealth can reopen because keeping them shuttered infringes on the Second Amendment rights of citizens, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation and other gun rights groups, retailers and individuals.

As a result, Bay State gun stores will be able to open for business beginning at Noon Saturday, exactly one month after the lawsuit was filed.

According to the Boston Globe, Judge Douglas P. Woodlock noted during a “two-hour virtual hearing” that he could not see a fit “between the goals of the emergency declared by the Commonwealth and the burdening of…constitutional rights.”

“There’s no justification here,” Judge Woodlock observed, according to the newspaper.

SAF was joined in the lawsuit by the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. (Comm2A) plus three retailers and several private citizens. The original complaint, which can be read here, was filed April 9 in U.S. District Court for …Read the Rest

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