Legal Opinion
Gun Owners' Action League, Inc. v. Swift
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 26, 2002No. 00-2357PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to consider the constitutionality of “An Act Relative to Gun Control in the Commonwealth,” a law that placed new restrictions on guns classified as “Large Capacity Weapons,” and increased the penalties for unlicensed possession. 1998 Mass. Acts ch. 180, §§ 1-80 (codified in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140 et seq.) (“Act”). Plaintiffs allege that the Act is unconstitutional because of the vagueness of important definitions within the Act. They allege the same infirmity in a related furnishing statute. They also assert that the Act’s regulation of certain gun…
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