This weekend, the Massachusetts Legislature
will adjourn from its 2016 Legislative Session. With only a few days left,
the legislature has a final opportunity to enact emergency legislation to
curb the Attorney General’s outrageous
gun control attempt. On July 19, Massachusetts
Attorney General Maura Healey issued an
“enforcement
notice” that greatly expands the Commonwealth’s definition of
“assault weapon.” AG Healey alleges that the ban’s definition of
“copy” or “duplicate” “assault weapons” has been misinterpreted for the
last 18 years and she is simply the first law enforcement official to
discover this incorrect interpretation. Beyond AG Healey’s obviously
incorrect interpretation of the law, her enforcement notice fails to
provide an intelligible definition of what will be considered an “assault
weapon” by her office. No explanation is given for how the definition
of an “assault weapon” can change as it applies to individual possession,
ownership, and transfer versus sales of new firearms by licensed dealers.
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