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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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38. It is a shame that 'knowing what one is doing" isn't a political criteria
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 09:47 AM
Jul 2016

Time and again politicians who fail to understand basics, not only of firearms but of common sense, repeat the mistakes made by other similarly impaired politicians in the past.

While the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which contained the Federal AWB was being legislated and passed here, Ms Healey was playing pro basketball in Austria. She returned to the US, graduated law school and passed the bar. Her experience in law includes:
- "compliance reports on the cleanup of the Boston Harbor"
- "assisted the judge with trials, hearings and case conferences"
- "subsequently spent more than 7 years with a focus on commercial and securities litigation"
- "she also served as a special assistant district attorney in Middlesex County, where she tried drug, assault, domestic violence and motor vehicle cases in bench and jury sessions and argued bail hearings, motions to suppress, and probation violations and surrenders"
- "served as Chief of the Civil Rights Division, where she spearheaded the state's challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. She led the winning arguments for Massachusetts in America’s first lawsuit striking down the law."
- "In 2012, she was promoted to Chief of the Public Protection & Advocacy Bureau. She was then appointed Chief of the Business and Labor Bureau."
- "As a division chief and bureau head in the Attorney General's Office, Healey oversaw 250 lawyers and staff members and supervised the areas of consumer protection, fair labor, ratepayer advocacy, environmental protection, health care, insurance and financial services, civil rights, antitrust, Medicaid fraud, not-for-profit organizations and charities, and business, technology and economic development."

Possibly she should consult with her partner before embarking on these obscure trips into wonderland.

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Another Justice Stewart type case... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #1
"Hurry up ... and screw up" DonP Jul 2016 #2
Massachusetts is losing the battle of idiotic laws to California. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #22
Their laws might be idiotic and have holes in them, but their AG is great for trying to fix them! scscholar Jul 2016 #26
Umm, nothing is being destroyed DonP Jul 2016 #27
That's why politicians have jobs shadowrider Jul 2016 #30
Indeed. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #33
The MA AG isn't fixing a damn thing. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #41
Well remember defining what you are regulating sarisataka Jul 2016 #3
"vague and overly broad" Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #4
So... krispos42 Jul 2016 #5
"Somebody want to tell the GCRA crowd?" Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #6
That quote indicates it is ALL about culture war. nt Eleanors38 Jul 2016 #7
er, what you just said is the exact opposite of what the AG said. Try to keep up. Schema Thing Jul 2016 #8
Um that is exactly sarisataka Jul 2016 #12
Actually, it is what she said. Straw Man Jul 2016 #36
Yes I saw that Duckhunter935 Jul 2016 #17
Who is sending this directive? Hangingon Jul 2016 #9
The piece was written by the AG and published through the Globe (and elsewhere, I presume). Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #11
Thx! I should have read closer. Hangingon Jul 2016 #16
If this is true... beevul Jul 2016 #10
Yup, the 1994 Federal AWB did *not* ban AR and AK variants that passed the features test. benEzra Jul 2016 #28
Well said, Ben. beevul Jul 2016 #31
It is a shame that 'knowing what one is doing" isn't a political criteria discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #38
The failure discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #13
I don't know why but discussions of legal concepts always fascinates me. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #14
I'm grateful that that is so and quite sorry so few pro-control folks share your fascination discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #18
Your new rifle has a #4-40 screw holding the cover plate to the grip GreydeeThos Jul 2016 #15
The AG of this state TeddyR Jul 2016 #19
Basically the '94 ban... jmg257 Jul 2016 #20
Thanks TeddyR Jul 2016 #21
I know after reading NY's 1st ban way back when, I was quite surprised so many "copies" jmg257 Jul 2016 #23
I grew up Catholic and got use to the idea that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #24
Why, thank you! Couldn't have been a more benign post...just stats on increasing # of permits. jmg257 Jul 2016 #25
Like many other states, MA reported *zero* rifle homicides in 2014. benEzra Jul 2016 #29
Our AG is an idiot Jackieduda Jul 2016 #32
It will certainly be challenged. Straw Man Jul 2016 #35
Making up new criteria out of thin air... beevul Jul 2016 #43
Here's the actual "Enforcement Notice" jmg257 Jul 2016 #37
Semi auto deer rifles? DashOneBravo Jul 2016 #39
"Internal functioning components". Nt jmg257 Jul 2016 #40
Not that part DashOneBravo Jul 2016 #44
Great timing. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #42
In the interest of... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #45
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