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Posted on 04/06/2018 10:16:57 AM PDT by Simon Green
Federal judge upholds Massachusetts assault weapons ban © Getty Images
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Friday challenging Massachusetts's ban on assault weapons.
U.S. District Judge William Young said in his ruling that the firearms and large magazines banned by the state in 1998 are “not within the scope of the personal right to ‘bear Arms’ under the Second Amendment.”
The features of a military-style rifle are "designed and intended to be particularly suitable for combat rather than sporting applications," Young wrote.
Massachusetts was within its rights since the ban passed directly through elected representatives, Young decided.
“Other states are equally free to leave them unregulated and available to their law-abiding citizens,” Young wrote. “These policy matters are simply not of constitutional moment. Americans are not afraid of bumptious, raucous, and robust debate about these matters. We call it democracy.”
The lawsuit was filed last year by the Gun Owners Action League of Massachusetts, who claimed the law infringed on their Second Amendment rights.
Attorney General Maura Healey (D), a defendant in the suit, said the ban “vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons of war.”
“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,” Healey said in a Facebook statement. “Families across the nation should take heart in this victory.”
State laws on firearms have been under increased scrutiny since the Parkland, Fla., school shooting in February, which left 17 dead.
After the shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed new restrictions raising the age limit for gun purchases from 18 to 21 and imposing a three-day waiting period for the sale of most long guns. The National Rifle Association promptly filed a lawsuit against the Florida law.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) said in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that he would support a federal ban on assault-style weapons.
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“Shall NOT be infringed” has a meaning. This judge and his ruling and the governor that supports it needs to be hanged. It is coming to that.
The 2nd Amendment isn't about sporting applications. As usual these black robed marxist bastards want us to believe they can decide what the Constitution says.
Again with the “sporting purposes”. Sorry judge, that ain’t what it’s for. This must be overturned on that basis alone.
Specifically, to what features are you referring, your "honor"?
Strong gun laws save lives.. WRONG !
ask Chicago, Detroit, NY etc.....
Natural born citizen has a meaning, too.
Did not stop the Kenyanesian Usurpation.
Let see if the same legal standard is applied to various state bans on Abortion.
What’s this faggot doing? Channeling the Founding Fathers? The right to keep and bear arms as listed in the Second Amendment does not mention what type of rifles and magazines the same way the First Amendment says nothing about “separation of church and state”, burning the flag and abortions. Americans need to stop allowing these homosexuals and pedophiles to interpret the Bill of Rights for us. It’s OUR job to tell them what the Bill of Rights says and send these fairies back to the ladies rooms at Target.
Assault weapons were banned under Bubba. After the 10 year ban, the conclusion was that it didn't accomplish one damn thing.
At every judicial hearing the attorney for the firearms owner must state for the record through his witnesses that the weapons provided for in the 2nd Amendment were, and were known to be by all, weapons of war.
I am quite aware of the usurpation. The Twentieth Amendment, Section Three PROVED he was a usurper. It also proved that Congress was in on the game.
U.S. District Judge William Young...”We call it a Democracy”.
Ignorant scum, do you even know what form of government we are supposed to have?? It’s called a Constitutional Representative Republic...not democracy.
Sports are fun but they’re not the purpose of the second amendment. Sports aren’t even mentioned or discussed in the constitution. Neither were sports of any concern to our founding fathers at the constitutional convention. This so-called Judge has written an absurd decision based on an irrelevant criterion of his own invention. Indeed, the purpose of the second amendment has a lot more to do with the American people’s right to defend ourselves against imposition of tyranny like another king George or this so-called Judge
[The features of a military-style rifle are “designed and intended to be particularly suitable for combat rather than sporting applications,” Young wrote.]
The stupidity is astounding.
the 2nd Amendment isn’t about duck hunting.
And onward to Da Supremes...
what we need is more LEO’s doing their jobs
case law already settled that 2a is not about merely sport hunting.
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