NEW BEDFORD — Hoisting signs and posters depicting everything from Massachusetts's most prominent Democrats lounging in a soggy salt marsh to Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren sporting a Native American headdress, a small but vocal group met up Friday at the foot of the New Bedford Free Public Library — a venue where they knew their voices would be heard.
That's because a slate of the state's leading GOP lawmakers, along with Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, were due to speak at Friday's rally, sponsored by local talk radio station AM 1420 WBSM.
WORCESTER — A federal judge wants to know whether Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's July directive banning an array of so-called "copycat" assault weapons constitutes a new state regulation before he decides whether to move a lawsuit forward that challenges Healey's interpretation.
"You're saying this became regulation through practice and operation," Massachusetts U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman told attorneys representing a trio of in-state firearms retailers. "Find me a case that shows that."
