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It’s the gun industry vs. Mass. AG Healey [View all]
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/09/22/gunsuit/0l5FRF5oSQ20gvXdXoL1IO/amp.html
The firearms industry and individual Massachusetts gun shops filed a lawsuit in US District Court Thursday against Attorney General Maura Healey, calling her crackdown on the sale of "copycat" assault weapons unconstitutional.
The suit argues that Healey’s July move against the weapons is "unconstitutionally vague, invalid, and unenforceable."
But more than just Second Amendment gun rights are at issue, the gun advocates argue. Because gunmakers and dealers could face criminal penalties for violating the statute, "retailers were deprived of their due process protections under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments," Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said in a statement.
The firearms industry and individual Massachusetts gun shops filed a lawsuit in US District Court Thursday against Attorney General Maura Healey, calling her crackdown on the sale of "copycat" assault weapons unconstitutional.
The suit argues that Healey’s July move against the weapons is "unconstitutionally vague, invalid, and unenforceable."
But more than just Second Amendment gun rights are at issue, the gun advocates argue. Because gunmakers and dealers could face criminal penalties for violating the statute, "retailers were deprived of their due process protections under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments," Lawrence G. Keane, senior vice president and general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, said in a statement.
Any opinions on why vague and unenforceable regulations are a problem?
Why would "...reinterpreted the "assault weapon" definition without any notice or public hearing..." be a problem?
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