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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a product liability suit brought by the government of Mexico against eight gun dealers for allegedly facilitating the trafficking of illegal firearms south of the border. The Mexican government filed its lawsuit in August 2021 against Beretta, Century Arms, Colt, Glock, Ruger, Barrett Firearms and Springfield-based Smith &
Returning to an issue that was at the center of her first campaign, Attorney General Maura Healey led a coalition of state prosecutors on Tuesday in the filing...
When James Eagan Holmes shot and killed 12 people in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in 2012, one of the weapons he used was an AR-15-style rifle manufactured in Massachusetts. The Bay State has banned civilians from purchasing or owning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines for decades, but companies like Smith & Wesson, headquartered in Springfield, can still build them here and sell them elsewhere. Backed by parents who lost children to mass shootings and the Stop Handgun Violence organization, a group of Democratic lawmakers launched an effort Tuesday to change that dynamic, fili...
April 21, 2021 | 4:43 PM For several decades, it has been illegal for individuals to sell or possess assault weapons in Massachusetts. At the same time, the state has an even longer history as the home of Springfield-based Smith & Wesson, one of the largest gunmakers in the country, among roughly two dozen other firearm manufacturers. And as such, critics say that Massachusetts bears some responsibility for the epidemic of gun deaths in the United States. “These weapons are made in your state, but they can’t be sold in your state,” Sandy Phillips, whose daughter was killed in the 2012 m...
Chris Lisinski State House News Service BOSTON – When James Eagan Holmes shot and killed 12 people in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in 2012, one of the weapons he used was an AR-15-style rifle manufactured in Massachusetts. The Bay State has banned civilians from purchasing or owning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines for decades, but companies such as Smith & Wesson, headquartered in Springfield, can still build them here and sell them elsewhere. With the support of parents who lost children to mass shootings and the Stop Handgun Violence organization, a group of Democratic ...