Legal Opinion
Worman v. Healey
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 2019No. 18-1545PPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This high-profile case involves a constitutional challenge to a Massachusetts law proscribing the sale, transfer, and possession of certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (LCMs). See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, §§ 121 , 131M (the Act). The plaintiffs assert that they have an unfettered Second Amendment right to possess the proscribed assault weapons and LCMs in their homes for self-defense. 1 The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants (a phalanx of state officials). See Worman v. Healey , 293 F.Supp.3d 251 , 271 (D.…
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