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Massachusetts: Legislation Introduced to Challenge AG Healey’s Gun Ban |
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The Massachusetts General Court’s 2017
legislative session is in full swing with the introduction of numerous pro-
and anti-gun bills. Among the pro-gun bills are Senate
Docket 1157 and Senate Docket 1889. Both SD 1157 and SD 1889 seek
to challenge the gun ban set forth last summer by Attorney General Healey’s “enforcement
notice,” which greatly expands the Commonwealth’s definition of “assault
weapon.” AG Healey alleges that the ban’s definition of “copy” or
“duplicate” “assault weapons” have been misinterpreted for the last 18 years
and she is simply the first law enforcement official to discover this
incorrect interpretation. In response, several legislators wrote a letter to AG Healey voicing their strong
opposition. SD 1157 and SD 1889 take their opposition a step further by
challenging AG Healey’s unilateral decision making through legislation.
It is important that you contact your state
Senator and state Representative and urge them to support these bills
when they come up for a vote. Please click the “Take Action” button
below to contact your state legislators!
SD 1157, sponsored by state Senator Don
Humason (R- Second Hampden and Hampshire), would remove the Attorney
General’s authority to regulate firearms and would repeal the previous
regulations.
SD 1889, sponsored by state Senator Anne Gobi
(D- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex),would eliminate the term
“copy” from statute, thereby, eliminating the premise behind the Attorney
General’s actions.
Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org and your
email inbox for further updates on these bills.
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