Massachusetts has been checked off of my list of places to visit during my lifetime. They have officially banned “scary” rifles (is it a coincidence that all of the rifles they deem scary are black?) and it had this IMMEDIATE effect.
From Louder With Crowder:
In Massachusetts, Attorney General Maura Healy just decided she was going to ban assault weapons. Well, not “assault weapons” as much as the AR-15, which isn’t an assault weapon no matter how many times leftists like to say it is. It’s just usually black, and has one of those scary vertical grip thingies. Plus a collapsable stock. Flip sights. Anyway, the thing goes bang super loud. It’s SCARY!
The Massachusetts assault weapons ban mirrors the federal ban Congress allowed to expire in 2004. It prohibits the sale of specific weapons like the Colt AR-15 and AK-47 and explicitly bans “copies or duplicates” of those weapons. But gun manufacturers have taken it upon themselves to define what a “copy” or “duplicate” weapon is. They market “state compliant” copycat versions of their assault weapons to Massachusetts buyers. They sell guns without a flash suppressor or folding or telescoping stock, for example, small tweaks that do nothing to limit the lethalness of the weapon.
That will end now. On Wednesday, we are sending a directive to all gun manufacturers and dealers that makes clear that the sale of these copycat assault weapons is illegal in Massachusetts. With this directive, we will ensure we get the full protection intended when lawmakers enacted our assault weapons ban, not the watered-down version of those protections offered by gun manufacturers.
Ah, yes I see. The comparing AR-15’s to AK-47’s and “OOOOOOH…..ASSAULT SCARY” strategy.