AG Healey fires back at Massachusetts gun industry lawsuit

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey fired back on Tuesday against a lawsuit filed against her by the firearm industry representatives who claim her summer "copycat" assault weapons ban directive infringes on constitutional rights. Healey's office, in its motion to dismiss, counters that the enforcement notice "was issued in accordance with the attorney general's authority as the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth" and is "consistent with the plain text, statutory purpose and l

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey fired back on Tuesday against a lawsuit filed against her by the firearm industry representatives who claim her summer "copycat" assault weapons ban directive infringes on constitutional rights. Healey's office, in its motion to dismiss, counters that the enforcement notice "was issued in accordance with the attorney general's authority as the chief law enforcement officer of the commonwealth" and is "consistent with the plain text, statutory purpose and l…