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Has anybody ever fought the AG regulations?
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supposedly the NRA, GOAL, whoever dropped the ball when they had the opportunity to fight it. I still think even if everyone on this forum threw together what they could with a few decent lawyers, we would have a fighting chance....? who knows
Wrong on both.
There was an ad hoc group composed, IIRC, primarily of dealers that challenged the regs. They lost the initial hearing - no surprise - then botched the appeal period.
Hence the burden we are all under now.
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well i wasnt sure who dropped the ball but i remeber reading that it happened. stand corrected..... but why cant we fight it now/?????
From what I recall... it was the NSSF that botched it (there were some reorganization issues involved). There were some legal "standing" issues, and GOAL was never notified of the game plan.
Hence, we got f***ed and forever more.
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Still the arguement has not been answered.... Why is it impossible to fight now? why are we forever screwed and stuck with the regs?
M1911
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Because we don't have legal standing. The law is directed at manufacturers and dealers -- it constrains what they can sell. And they already lost.
Could an FFL fight it? It's obviously a massive risk, but I think a dealer that took on the AG and brought down the regs would get a HUGE amount of business. They'd get 100% of mine for guns that I could buy thanks to them, and the rest of my business as long as their prices were anywhere close to good.
Recently, I have spoke directly to a dealer in Mass that brought the AG to court, I beleive he said it was a couple of years ago, over these regs.
I am not going to disclose who the dealer is- so no PM's please.
My guess is one of the attorney's in this forum may have represented him. But I have no idea who the actual attorney was.
They filed a complaint against the AG. When they were in court and I am not sure if it was the actual court before the judge or maybe before a clerk magistrate, nor do I know which court or under what legal grounds the complaint was based... but whoever showed up to represent the AG's office admitted that they really couldn't enforce these gun regulations and again, according to this person, he won his case.
Bear in mind this is how it was relayed to me. This dealer will sell guns that are on the approved state EOPS list.
I am not going to disclose who the dealer is- so no PM's please.
My guess is one of the attorney's in this forum may have represented him. But I have no idea who the actual attorney was.
They filed a complaint against the AG. When they were in court and I am not sure if it was the actual court before the judge or maybe before a clerk magistrate, nor do I know which court or under what legal grounds the complaint was based... but whoever showed up to represent the AG's office admitted that they really couldn't enforce these gun regulations and again, according to this person, he won his case.
Bear in mind this is how it was relayed to me. This dealer will sell guns that are on the approved state EOPS list.
dixidawg
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If that is true, why doesn't he advertise that fact?
If he truly "won" the suit he would have no reason to not yell from the mountain top that he will sell you guns that other dealer's won't. He would be the busiest gun shop in the state.
This doesn't pass the smell test to me....
If he truly "won" the suit he would have no reason to not yell from the mountain top that he will sell you guns that other dealer's won't. He would be the busiest gun shop in the state.
This doesn't pass the smell test to me....
