NRA Backs Challenge to Massachusetts Gun Ban
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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Fairfax, Va.— The National Rifle
Association's Institute for Legislative Action is proud to announce its
financial and legal support of a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts's
unconstitutional ban on many of the most popular semi-automatic rifles sold and
possessed.
“This lawsuit would not have come to
fruition without the financial support of the National Rifle Association,” said
Jim Wallace, executive director, Gun Owners' Action League (GOAL).
The lawsuit, brought by Dr. David
Worman, GOAL, and others, challenges a 20-year ban on what gun control
advocates wrongly refer to as “assault rifles.”
Recently, the state’s attorney
general expanded that ban to include even more firearms and standard capacity
magazines. Because of this expansion, tens of thousands of firearms that were
legally transferred in Massachusetts for the last 20 years are now prohibited.
“Banning firearms because of the way
they look or operate is unconstitutional and undermines the fundamental, individual
right to self-protection," said Chris W. Cox, executive director of NRA's
Institute for Legislative Action."
The National Rifle Association
supports this lawsuit. On behalf of our five million members, we applaud the
brave citizens who stepped forward to oppose this attack on our constitutional
rights.” The suit was filed Monday afternoon in the United States District
Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Established in 1871, the National
Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. More
than five million members strong, NRA continues to uphold the Second Amendment
and advocates enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce
crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and
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