Anthony Ferrante
Massachusetts State Rep Candidate Says He’s Sympathetic To Banning Private Gun Ownership
Ban private gun ownership? One Massachusetts state representative candidate says he sympathizes with that cause.
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Massachusetts
Switchblades Now Legal In Massachusetts Because of Second Amendment, High Court Rules
Switchblades are now legal to carry in Massachusetts because a state law banning them violates the right to keep and bear arms, the state's highest court said. Gun-rights decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years that confirm an individual right to keep and bear arms
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Maura Healey
Group Taking On AG Healey, Looking To Zap State’s Stun-Gun Ban
BOSTON — A trio of citizens looking to overturn the commonwealth's ban on personal stun guns is taking the state's most active and vocal firearms enforcement authority figure to federal court — Attorney General Maura Healey. In their lawsuit filed Wednesday, two Bay State residents and a self-defense
Massachusetts
Gun rights group pulls trigger on lawsuit against Mass. AG Healey
BOSTON — The firearm industry finally pulled the trigger on a lawsuit that gun rights groups vowed to file against Attorney General Maura Healey, who made waves in July when she announced a crackdown on so-called "copycat" assault weapons. The lawsuit, filed in federal court, accuses Healey of issuing
Massachusetts
Massachusetts AG refuses to disclose details of gun law interpretation process
BOSTON — A month after Attorney General Maura Healey caught gun owners by surprise with a new interpretation of state firearms laws, citing the prevalence of what she described as illegal "copycat" assault weapons, questions remain as to how she arrived at the decision and whether Gov. Baker knew
Maura Healey
Massachusetts gun rights group to Healey: ‘Rescind and resign’
BOXBORO — Weeks after Attorney General Maura Healey released an "enforcement notice" which opponents claim unconstitutionally expanded the state's assault-weapon ban overnight, a crowd of more than 500 Massachusetts gun owners filled a hotel conference room to plan their next move. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite=
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New Black Panther chair backs away from 2nd Amendment comments
CLEVELAND — The chairman of the New Black Panther Party, who was quoted earlier this week saying members would be openly expressing their constitutional right to bear arms ahead of the Republican National Convention, now says he was misquoted. Hashim Nzinga, who had told Reuters in an interview that members "
Seth Moulton
Moulton solidifies national reputation as assault weapon foe
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the first-term Democrat from Salem and veteran of the Iraq War, has endeared himself to national anti-gun activists after taking a hard line against the sale of semiautomatic weapons to civilians. Days after a gunman slaughtered 49 innocents in the name of Islam at
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