Federal Judge Sides With AG Healey, Rules Second Amendment Does Not Cover AR-15s & High-Capacity Mags

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey is hailing a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts's 1998 assault weapons ban, a ruling she said "vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons of war and our efforts to enforce the law." The order was handed down by Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge William Young, who concluded firearms such as "AR-15s and its analogs, along with large-capacity magazines, are simply not weapon

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey is hailing a federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts's 1998 assault weapons ban, a ruling she said "vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons of war and our efforts to enforce the law." The order was handed down by Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge William Young, who concluded firearms such as "AR-15s and its analogs, along with large-capacity magazines, are simply not weapon…