Gubernatorial candidate: Ban ‘assault weapon’ production in Massachusetts

By Chris Eger

Jay Gonzalez, a Democrat looking to become the Commonwealth’s next governor, wants to end the production of “assault weapons” in Massachusetts (Photo: Jay4Ma.com)
A Democrat aiming to kick Republican Gov. Charlie Baker out of office wants big name gun manufacturers in Massachusetts barred from making popular semi-auto firearms.
Jay Gonzalez, a former state Secretary of Administration and Finance now running for governor, said Wednesday that guns largely banned in the state already shouldn’t be made in the state either.
Gonzalez made his announcement on his way to a protest by students and gun control advocates across the street from gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson’s headquarters in Springfield.
Among the group’s demands to Smith & Wesson was that the company halt production of the M&P-15, the type of rifle used in a recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
“Weapons that cannot be legally purchased in Massachusetts should not be manufactured in our state,” Gonzalez said. “We’ve got to finally say enough is enough. The gun used in Parkland was manufactured by Smith & Wesson. If we had a law in place banning that from happening, that gun never would have ended up in the hands of that young man.”
Although Massachusetts enacted an assault weapon ban in 1998,

Source: Guns.com