2nd Amendment Foundation strikes again

[JuergenG]

BELLEVUE, WA – A Federal District Court Judge in Massachusetts today granted summary judgment in a Second Amendment Foundation case challenging that state’s denial of firearms licenses to permanent resident aliens.

U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodcock concluded that “…the Massachusetts firearms regulatory regime as applied to the individual plaintiffs, contravenes the Second Amendment.”

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In his 41-page ruling, Judge Woodcock wrote, “The Massachusetts firearms regulatory regime, as applied to Fletcher and Pryal, does not pass constitutional muster regardless of whether intermediate scrutiny or strict scrutiny applies…The possibility that some resident aliens are unsuited to possess a handgun does not justify a wholesale ban.”

http://saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=398

http://ia600607.us.archive.org/23/items/go...135876.31.0.pdf

[EJER Fuchs]

Note that the case, while funded and otherwise aided by SAF, was brought by a recent firearms rights entity in Massachusetts; Commonwealth Second Amendment (Comm2A).

www.comm2a.com

[JuergenG]

Of course it was brought by Comm2A, thanks for adding this.

Interesting article in the Metrowest Daily News on it

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/top_stor...tutional?zc_p=0

Wonder, what roadblocks EOPS and the Commonwealth will now come up with.

[EJER Fuchs]

I can tell you with absolute certainty that it was a subject of discussion w/i the Executive Office of Public Safety today, along with the Attorney General's office.

[JuergenG]

My crystal bowl seems to work

Didn't even need to be polished, as the antis are so predictable.

So, are we to expect, that the State GAF about the ruling?

[EJER Fuchs]

The state won't have much of a choice. Comm2A will keep the state's toes to the fire until the court's decision is implemented.

[JuergenG]

Yeah, just hope, that it won't take too long. Comm2A's resources are needed for the next hits.

I'm happy to have donated to them last year!