58 Bipartisan Lawmakers Condemn Massachusetts ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban

From Breitbart's Big Government:

Fifty-eight Massachusetts lawmakers — both Democratic and Republican — signed a letter to state Attorney General Maura Healey (D) condemning her July 20 issuance of a directive expanding the state’s nearly 20-year-old “assault weapons” ban.
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The letter said, “We are particularly concerned that your Enforcement Notice was issued unilaterally, with very little, if any, advance notice for licensed gun dealers and lawful gun owners to adequately prepare for this new interpretation of the 1998 assault weapons law.” Breitbart News pointed to this same issue on July 25 when we reported that gun stores across the state could face financial ruin because of Healey’s actions. Gun store owners said the abruptness of Healey’s action coupled with the lack of clarity regarding which semiautomatic rifles — if any — remain legal to sell, has them in a lurch.

The 58 lawmakers who sent the letter to Healey made it clear that they wish she had pursued the gun control by asking the legislature to take it up and debate it, either passing or rejecting it, whatever the case may be. As it stands, House Minority Leader Jones believes Healey’s actions betray political calculations that have been in the works for some time.

Jones said:

She should have proposed legislation and said, “here is the problem, we want to solve this problem.” We’ve had attorney generals of her party — and she’s worked in the AG’s office — and this wasn’t an issue. We had eight years of a Democratic governor and this wasn’t an issue, and we just did a major gun bill in 2014 and this issue wasn’t debated. This seems much more politically calculated to take advantage of the moment, if you will, of some of the tragedies that have unfolded nationally or beyond.

I think she wants to raise her national stature.