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any chance was the hearing taped?
What about Marilyn Devaney? Did she question anybody?
I was the guy in the blue tyranny t-shirt.
Nice meeting and talking to you guys.
About eight people showed up.
Now remember we are all set on go time. Secret handshake, where to meet, what to bring.
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GX, we did get to show off your shirts and bumper stickers!
Will they be allowing more speakers? I dressed for the wrong amendment this morning and couldn't go inside.
What idiot at the Herald decided to give these people attention, and why?
Funny, MA adopts the Federal AWB as written, word for word.
The firearm manufacturers consulted the ATF to see what would be allowed to be in compliance with the Federal AWB during the ban years.
Firearms are sold to this state with the same guidance they used when the 1994 AWB took place.
Except our ban will never sunset.
We buy said firearms since 1994 and now as of July 20th of this year.
Our AG determines that it was all wrong and decides to tell us she won't prosecute us at this time.
Anyone that purchased what they thought was a legal non-aw in MA after Sept. 13, 1994 can now be charged with a 10 year felony sentence.
Sorry, but using firearm owners to promote ones self in political office is not what an honest person does.
That is what a tyrant does!
Rewriting law to include a made up test is just the icing on the cake!
The faq on the AG's web page are the candles that will burn the whole thing down in court.
Numbers win people.
Eight people were there in support of GOAL at this event.
Thanks for catching that. After the day I had I'm glad that's the only one.Typo:
the Senate received clarification from the ATF regarding what would be considered and assault weapon and what would not be.
the Senate received clarification from the ATF regarding what would be considered an assault weapon and what would not be.
Funny, MA adopts the Federal AWB as written, word for word.
The firearm manufacturers consulted the ATF to see what would be allowed to be in compliance with the Federal AWB during the ban years.
Turns out Barry-Smith was the brainchild of Healey's enforcement notice. Charlie really stepped in it with that nomination.
Turns out Barry-Smith was the brainchild of Healey's enforcement notice. Charlie really stepped in it with that nomination.
This is documented somewhere, right?
I'd love to point to it when people say, "but he's just a deputy!" or other nonsense.
GOAL APPLAUDS GOVERNOR’S COUNCIL’S BI-PARTISAN EFFORT TO DISCOVER TRUTH ON JUDICIAL NOMINEE’S INVOLVEMENT IN ILLEGAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
Renews Request That Baker Withdraw Nomination
NORTHBOROUGH, MA – The Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) applauds the bi-partisan Governor’s Council who yesterday grilled Chris Barry-Smith, Gov. Baker’s judicial nominee for the state Superior Court, on his involvement with AG Healey’s July 2016 attack on the civil rights of hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts families that own firearms. Through hours of persistent and fair scrutiny, Barry-Smith admitted under oath to being at the center of the enforcement decision that criminalized the sale of legally sold firearms and rendered thousands of law-abiding, licensed gun owners felons-in-waiting overnight.
“This man admitted under oath to being complicit in a politically motivated attack on the civil rights of over 400,000 gun owning families in Massachusetts,” said Jim Wallace, GOAL’s Executive Director. “On its face, this fact makes it self-evident why he should have never been nominated, let alone confirmed, as a judge for the Commonwealth. As a judge one must respect the civil rights of all citizens, regardless of their political views.”
GOAL has called on the Governor to withdraw his nomination and the Governor’s Council to vote down Barry-Smith’s judicial nomination due to his participation in the office’s action that invented an entirely new definition for so-called “assault” weapons. As AG Healey’s first assistant, GOAL believes that Barry-Smith’s complicity in suppressing the 2nd Amendment civil rights of almost half a million Massachusetts residents, plus his complete lack of trial experience, renders his judicial qualifications highly suspect.
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That son of a bitch. And I guess we "felons" simply became collateral damage in their climb to the top rung of leftist tyranny.From the article, Barry-Smith being quoted:
He told the council that after the June 12 mass shooting at an Orlando, Florida nightclub, Healey assembled a working group among her staff to “assess the risk of military-style assault weapons in Massachusetts and see if there’s anything that we as the chief law enforcement officers should do about it.” He said he did not serve on the working group, but later was part of the team that reviewed that group’s suggestions. “My role in that, with respect to that issue was twofold,” Barry-Smith said. “First, with the government bureau that I oversee, we assessed the attorney general’s authority to interpret and enforce the copies-and-duplicates language in the manner she did, and second, when it came to how to implement that decision, I urged the path that we eventually took which was to rather than interpret and enforce it by way of bringing criminal charges or civil action, to issue a public advisory.”
Criminal charges or civil suits would not have been feasible: the definition had been on the books for years, and hadn't changed. What judge or jury would have convicted? So it appears Barry-Smith conceived the advisory option that Healey chose, which was easy to implement: basically a press conference and a letter to gun dealers. No need for messy, cumbersome trials. How convenient for the AG's office. Bet she stuck a gold star to his forehead that day.