A lawsuit has been filed against Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Attorney General Maura Healey following their state ban on assault weapons. The lawsuit, which claims their ban is void and unenforceable, was brought forth by the Massachusetts chapter of the National Rifle Association and other pro-liberty groups. The 33-page complaint challenges the constitutionality of the state ban.
The complaint,which named the state's public safety secretary and the state police, was filed on Monday in a Boston federal court. It claims the state's definition of assault weapons is a "non-technical, entirely fabricated, and political term of uncertain definition and scope" and that the state's ban illegally extends to the sale or possession of certain rifles, including AR-15 and AK-47 models.