Gun retailers’ suit against Massachusetts AG can move forward

[Swordsmyth]

Amid an 18-month-long court fight, a federal judge recently ruled that a lawsuit accusing Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey of improperly tightening the state’s strict assault-style weapons ban on her own can move forward.
Four firearms retailers and the National Shooting Sports Foundation originally brought the suit in September 2016, arguing that Ms. Healey overstepped her bounds in crafting what they called a vague, unenforceable directive two months earlier that cracked down on the sale of certain “copycat” semiautomatic weapons.
Ms. Healey’s office sought to have the case thrown out, arguing that her July 2016 “enforcement notice” was well within her authority and simply reaffirmed the state’s existing ban on so-called assault weapons.
But U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Hillman recently denied the state’s motion to dismiss, saying the plaintiffs have a plausible claim that her actions could have denied them property without due process because of the new restrictions on what they were allowed to sell.
“This court cannot dismiss the plaintiffs’ challenge to the notice because they have raised genuine questions as to whether it gives ‘fair notice of conduct that is forbidden’ with respect to the sale of certain weapons enumerated in the complaint,” Judge Hillman wrote in his order.

More at: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...sachusetts-at/

[Swordsmyth]

U.S. District Judge William Young dismissed a case that challenged state Attorney General Maura Healey's 2016 interpretation of the Second Amendment, which broadened the definition of "copies or duplicates" of assault rifles banned under a 1998 law.

More at: https://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.c...8361523031621/

[tommyrp12]

Now she can legislate without us peasants getting in the way. She has every intention of spreading her tactic across the country.



https://www.mass.gov/news/ags-office...allenge-by-gun

“Today’s decision upholding the Assault Weapons Ban vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons of war and my office’s efforts to enforce the law. Strong gun laws save lives, and we will not be intimidated by the gun lobby in our efforts to end the sale of assault weapons and protect our communities and schools. Families across the country should take heart in this victory.”

[fedupinmo]