BOSTON — The state's leading pro-Second Amendment organization has upped the ante in its gun rights showdown with Attorney General Maura Healey, this time suing her and Governor Charlie Baker in federal court over the state's assault weapons ban.
The Gun Owners' Action League of Massachusetts has already turned to the state's top public records enforcement officer, Secretary of State William Galvin, in an effort to force Healey to turn over documents and records related to her July directive banning so-called "copycat" assault weapons. Their latest civil action, filed Monday, looks to convince a federal judge to deem the state Legislature's 1998 assault weapons ban as unconstitutional.
