http://comm2a.org/index.php/55-projects/205-draper
Long story short(ish):
MA has two requirements for handguns to be legal for dealer sales. They have to pass testing similar to California's to be put on the "Approved Firearms Roster". They also have to comply with the Attorney General's...
Just caught on SCOTUSBlog that Johnson v US was granted on Monday. This isn't a 2A case, but another wonkish statutory construction case ala Abramski or Castleman. The question presented is: "Whether mere possession of a short-barreled shotgun should be treated as a violent felony under the...
I found out about yet another gun rights related cert petition yesterday:
http://www.kilpatricktownsend.com/~/media/Files/AbramskiPetitionforWritofCertiorari.ashx
The short version: Abramski, a police officer, bought an LE discount Glock from an FFL in his home state of VA, drove to an FFL...
Here's the Comm2A press release:
Unlike Schrader, who lost at circuit and recently had en banc review denied, this is an as applied challenge. The relevant MA statue imposes an LTC denial for anyone who "has, in any state or federal jurisdiction, been convicted or adjudicated a youthful...
Short summary of MA licensing for those unfamiliar. Hierarchy is:
1 LTC-A unrestricted - allows carry and purchase / possess everything legal MA other than machine guns
2 LTC-A restricted - allows P/P of everything legal but MGs
3 LTC-B - P/P of all legal long guns and non-large cap hanguns...
Also in today's orders was a case I was previously unaware of. Delacy v California was a California state case whose facts as I understand them were:
- Delacy was convicted of misdemeanor battery(in CA this is any harmful touching of another person)
- Under CA law, misdemeanor battery is a 10...