Skip to comments.
MA AG Maura Healey Takes Aim at Copycat Assault Rifles
(makes up her own gun rules again)
Boston Globe ^
| 7/20/16
| Buell
Posted on 07/20/2016 11:03:19 AM PDT by pabianice
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-23 next last
Liberals love to make-up their own laws, don't they?
1
posted on
07/20/2016 11:03:19 AM PDT
by
pabianice
To: pabianice
Liberals love to make-up their own laws, don't they? They need something to replace the real, legitimate laws that they ignore.
2
posted on
07/20/2016 11:07:10 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: pabianice
Gun makers need to invoke the Hillary Defense, ie, they had no intention to violate the law as evidenced by their attempt to comply with the law.
3
posted on
07/20/2016 11:08:26 AM PDT
by
DugwayDuke
("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
To: pabianice
4
posted on
07/20/2016 11:08:30 AM PDT
by
DBrow
To: pabianice
This is what happens when uninformed people attempt to write laws on a subject they know nothing about.
Makes you wonder about the rest of the laws they pass, doesn't it? On second though, no I don't wonder at all.
5
posted on
07/20/2016 11:09:05 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Yo-Yo
This is ridiculous. AG Maura Healey has designated herself Queen of Massachusetts.
What she proposes will fail in the first case taken to court. What she proposes is NOT in the current law. Her selective enforcement pledge has no teeth.
She lies when she says that the gun manufacturers have decided what is compliant and what is not. The LAW clearly spells out what is compliant and what is not.
Even still, I know of two gun dealers here in MA who have decided not to push it and are telling customers that after today, no sales of Ruger 556s or S&W Sport 5.56 rifles will be made. I wonder if this "directive" (i.e. nastily worded letter) has gone out to S&W and Ruger.
The whole thing is BS and will not stand.
To: pabianice
"They sell guns without a flash suppressor or folding or telescoping stock, for example, small tweaks that do nothing to limit the lethalness of the weapon."
The AR-15 is already one of the least "lethal" rifles manufactured. I don't know what else any manufacturer could do to make it less "lethal". It certainly is not a "high-powered" rifle.
To: pabianice
It looks like one - it operates like one
![](http://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/10/2015/11/2012-ferrari-california-convertible-angular-front.png)
Sot it is one
8
posted on
07/20/2016 11:13:49 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
As evidenced by your local dealer, there doesn’t have to be enforcement to result in compliance. Few are eager to risk not only their business but all of their net worth on a gamble that the state won’t come knocking and seize inventory as evidence.
9
posted on
07/20/2016 11:14:03 AM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: pabianice
"But gun manufacturers have taken it upon themselves to define what a copy or duplicate weapon is."
What choice do they have when the legislature specifically refuses to define the terms in the statute?
To: pabianice
When the 1994 AWB expired in 2004 I was making damned good money. A lot. I also knew right down to my bones there were soul stealing bitches like this AG out there or coming up. I took advantage of the expiration. Very Good advantage, in fact.
11
posted on
07/20/2016 11:18:22 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: pabianice
I love this. First they come up with an entirely made-up category, Assault "Weapon", then they try to define it, then when the definitions prove inadequate, they remove them and replace them with a vague "A is similar to B and we banned B" cop-out. If those definitions never did refer to the actual lethality of the gun, maybe it's because they were nonsense to begin with?
Now we have locutions such as "same operating system". What does that mean, that all direct-impingement gas systems are Assault Weapons? That gas piston systems are? Do those affect the lethality of the weapon any more than the laughable bayonet lug did?
Doubling down on stupidity is a liberal trademark, and this is quadrupling down.
To: pabianice
Ergonomics or physical features don’t make a semi-auto rifle an assault weapon.
13
posted on
07/20/2016 11:23:35 AM PDT
by
umgud
(ban muslims, not guns)
To: Yo-Yo
This is what happens when uninformed people attempt to write laws on a subject they know nothing about.
![](http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/a77x15w_700b.jpg)
14
posted on
07/20/2016 11:24:57 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
To: pabianice
The left loses the gun control debate every time some registered democrat uses a gun to kill a bunch of innocent people. Just take a look at the stats on new gun sales and gun manufacturers' equity stocks and weep.
They need to drop the issue and take up something more attainable, like forcing rent-a-potty mobile toilet dealers to offering a line of unisex extra tall porta-potties to accommodate the needs of transsexual giraffes.
My condolences to any Mass residents for the abuse of your Second Amendment rights. Remember, you can always move.
15
posted on
07/20/2016 11:28:48 AM PDT
by
Kenton
To: Sgt_Schultze
you are far too generous with the Yugo
I was thinking one of these
16
posted on
07/20/2016 11:40:26 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
To: pabianice
The Massachusetts assault weapons ban mirrors the federal ban Congress allowed to expire in 2004. It prohibits the sale of specific weapons like the Colt AR-15 and AK-47 and explicitly bans copies or duplicates of those weapons. If Hillary doesn't have to obey the law, neither does anyone else.
17
posted on
07/20/2016 11:48:40 AM PDT
by
archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: Iron Munro
And my personal favorite: d:^)
To: pabianice
They market state compliant copycat versions of their assault weapons to Massachusetts buyers. Darned sneaky of those manufacturers to comply with the law.
19
posted on
07/20/2016 12:05:40 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: pabianice
20
posted on
07/20/2016 12:19:14 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-23 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson