Trouble in Massachusetts...

[T.O.M.]

Friend on Facebook posted that Mass.  AG announced that she is now interpreting the state AWB to include any firearm with a similar operating system or interchangeable parts with a named assault weapon.   Didn't link to anything.  Anyone got info on this?  Sounds to me like this could effectively be a ban on all semiautomatic firearms,  depending on how broad they use the new interpretation.

[BobR]

Looks like it is true, but will it hold up in court?

http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/07/ag_maura_healey_bans_sale_of_c.html

bob

[Hawkmoon]

Discussion at The Firing Line:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=578148

It shouldn't hold up in court ... but we're talking about Massachusetts.

[zxcvbob]

They know it won't hold up in court and they don't care.  Because who wants to pay thousands of dollars to be the test case and risk going to prison if you lose? (lose not on the merits of the case but because the judges are crooked too)

[Ben]

They know it won't hold up in court and they don't care.  Because who wants to pay thousands of dollars to be the test case and risk going to prison if you lose? (lose not on the merits of the case but because the judges are crooked too)

This is how they work now. Similar with the stuff in CA. They expect us to have a good 90% non-compliance with many of the new laws here, but what's the use? If I don't turn in a 30 round mag, I also can't use it anywhere except BFE Mojave desert for fear of being popped.

They don't do these things based on rule of law, they do them calculating that the burden of costs and risks to those affected will be too great.

[zxcvbob]

This is how they work now. Similar with the stuff in CA. They expect us to have a good 90% non-compliance with many of the new laws here, but what's the use? If I don't turn in a 30 round mag, I also can't use it anywhere except BFE Mojave desert for fear of being popped.

They don't do these things based on rule of law, they do them calculating that the burden of costs and risks of those affected will be too great.

The risk of trying to enforce such laws needs to be too great also.

[T.O.M.]

The risk of trying to enforce such laws needs to be too great also.

I know what you're implying,  but there is another way, which is less risky.  A citizen can petition a court for a declaratory judgement seeking to have this law declared unconstitutional.   NRA should pony up some money to help.  It would start the process without needing to have someone violate the law, get charged,  nd risk criminal conviction.