Maura Healey

Healey done with ‘tired arguments’ from pro-gun groups

Healey done with ‘tired arguments’ from pro-gun groups

Evan Lips

BOSTON — With a lawsuit looming, Attorney General Maura Healey took to the airwaves Thursday to answer questions about her office's recent interpretation of state gun laws and dismissed what she described as "tired arguments" from pro-gun groups.

"They immediately go to 'slippery slope' and 'you're going to take away all our guns' and 'you're going to repeal the Second Amendment,'" Healey said during her latest monthly appearance on Boston Public Radio's "Ask the AG" segment, referencing claims from pro-gun groups that her office's interpretation could set a dangerous precedent. "We're going to be out there enforcing the law, making sure that these weapons, which are so lethal and wreak such havoc, aren't going to be available for sale here in Massachusetts."

Citizen panel to explore marijuana legalization with help from experts
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Citizen panel to explore marijuana legalization with help from experts

State House News Service

STATE HOUSE — Seven experts with experience in marijuana policy, including legal, medical and business types, will help a group of 20 Massachusetts voters next week dive headfirst into the debate over the marijuana legalization ballot question in order to give fellow voters easy to understand information on the initiative.

The experts, including two officials who work directly with Colorado's legal marijuana industry, will be questioned by the 20-voter panel of the Citizens' Initiative Review (CIR), a pilot program designed to produce pro and con statements about the ballot question that could be easily digested by average voters.

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