[kalimus]

Originally Posted by kalimus

Better be careful about this directive.

You say not all semi-automatic rifles will be banned, and while that may technically be true for those that are grandfathered under the law... the transfer and sale of new rifles under these guidelines may be affected more than some people realize. Note that the weapon in question does NOT need to be an AR style rifle... but rather just a semi-auto that can accept detachable magazines period.

Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

AG Healey is quite clear about new sales. She put it in writing and gave it to the Boston Globe to distribute https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/...pYM/story.html . She is emphatically clear. She says it will stop now. She told manufacturers and FFLs that yesterday. And nowhere do I suggest that the firearm needs to be an AR type.

And there's something I need to address. You say quote



Firstly no, I do not say that. AG Healey does. Secondly, she specifically mentioned firearms purchased before 20 July 16- that was Wednesday. So by her own statement those are not "banned". That's [insert joke here] what she said. "Banning" them would require confiscation, logically. Again I quote Maura Healey here:

"We recognize that most residents who purchased these guns in the past believed they were doing so legally, so this directive will not apply to possession of guns purchased before Wednesday."

Note she says "possesion" specifically. This suggests that the sale is prohibited. But is that suggestion law? As I say we must collect info.

Did you just not understand what I posted? Or maybe you didn't know I was referring the the AG's statements verbatim?

Just wanted to point something out again... I'm not the only person that noticed...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...bZI/story.html

Governor Charlie Baker’s administration said Tuesday that Attorney General Maura Healey’s new crackdown on the sale of so-called “copycat” assault weapons is so unclear that it might inadvertently prohibit many more guns, including pistols, that have long been legal in Massachusetts

“Depending on how your office is interpreting the two-part test you have articulated for determining whether something is a ‘copy or duplicate’ of a listed assault weapon, a large number of firearms, including pistols that have been sold here legally for decades, may be unintentionally affected,” Bennett wrote.