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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2238327" data-attributes="member: 12952">First Circuit Upholds New Gun LawA Massachusetts law requiring all handguns to include load indicators and magazine safety disconnects was <a href="http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/15-1429P-01A.pdf?mc_cid=9efa2cf479&amp;mc_eid=dc70d94e1b" target="_blank">upheld</a> by the First Circuit Court of Appeals Friday. The requirements are a de facto ban on all third and fourth generation Glock handguns within the commonwealth, as these models (according to the Massachusetts attorney general) fail to satisfy the law’s requirements. Several gun dealers and two Second Amendment advocacy groups challenged the law as unconstitutionally vague and violating the the Second Amendment. The First Circuit’s ruling upholding the Massachusetts law was written by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Retired Supreme Court justices frequently serve on panels in circuit court cases.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2238327, member: 12952"] [B]First Circuit Upholds New Gun Law[/B] A Massachusetts law requiring all handguns to include load indicators and magazine safety disconnects was [URL='http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/15-1429P-01A.pdf?mc_cid=9efa2cf479&mc_eid=dc70d94e1b']upheld[/URL] by the First Circuit Court of Appeals Friday. The requirements are a de facto ban on all third and fourth generation Glock handguns within the commonwealth, as these models (according to the Massachusetts attorney general) fail to satisfy the law’s requirements. Several gun dealers and two Second Amendment advocacy groups challenged the law as unconstitutionally vague and violating the the Second Amendment. The First Circuit’s ruling upholding the Massachusetts law was written by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Retired Supreme Court justices frequently serve on panels in circuit court cases. [/QUOTE]

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