Davis V. Grimes, MA re: Arbitrary Denials of LTC

Gary L. Griffiths · February 12, 2013, 10:52 AM

Commonwealth Second Amendment, a MA gun rights group, has filed suit against four MA police chiefs for violating Second Amendment rights by imposing unreasonable and unlawful restrictions on concealed carry applicants.

Read about it here: http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com...s+and+Money%29

This one looks like it might have legs....

SamNavy · February 12, 2013, 11:04 AM

Outstanding... looks like a team effort in the right direction.

2ndsojourn · February 12, 2013, 11:41 AM

Maybe a few with more time and money than I will follow suit in NJ.

**Tom Servo** · February 12, 2013, 02:15 PM

The argument:

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This suit challenges Defendants’ imposition of “sporting,” “hunting,” and/or “target” restrictions on handgun licenses. These restrictions prevent Plaintiffs from using handguns for the purpose self-protection, which contravenes “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” that the Second Amendment secures.

Heller recognized a "right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation." Restricting the carriage of weapons to "sporting" or "hunting" uses would violate that.

**Al Norris** · February 12, 2013, 05:10 PM

I've just RECAPPED the case and it will appear within a few minutes. I'm also about to enter the initial data into the Current 2A Cases thread.

The complaint was originally filed on Feb. 7, 2013. The complaint referenced in the blog (and located at the Comm2A website) is actually a FAC (First Amended Complaint) and was filed on Feb. 10th.

This appears to be a second attempt (with otherwise "clean" plaintiffs). unlike the ill-fated Hightower case. The reasons that the CA1 rejected Hightower are not precedential here and do not apply.

David Jensen, a protege of Alan Gura, will be the lead attorney.

**Al Norris** · February 12, 2013, 05:21 PM

Case entered and may be referenced at the Internet Archive.

February 12, 2013, 10:52 AM	#1
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 8, 2000 Location: On The Road, somewhere in the good ol' US of A. Posts: 1,108	Davis V. Grimes, MA re: Arbitrary Denials of LTC Commonwealth Second Amendment, a MA gun rights group, has filed suit against four MA police chiefs for violating Second Amendment rights by imposing unreasonable and unlawful restrictions on concealed carry applicants. Read about it here: http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com...s+and+Money%29 This one looks like it might have legs.... __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own personal safety; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths, Chief Instructor, Advanced Force Tactics, Inc. (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

February 12, 2013, 05:10 PM	#5
Al Norris Staff Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 8,739	I've just RECAPPED the case and it will appear within a few minutes. I'm also about to enter the initial data into the Current 2A Cases thread. The complaint was originally filed on Feb. 7, 2013. The complaint referenced in the blog (and located at the Comm2A website) is actually a FAC (First Amended Complaint) and was filed on Feb. 10th. This appears to be a second attempt (with otherwise "clean" plaintiffs). unlike the ill-fated Hightower case. The reasons that the CA1 rejected Hightower are not precedential here and do not apply. David Jensen, a protege of Alan Gura, will be the lead attorney. __________________ Listings of the Current 2A Cases: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416973

February 12, 2013, 05:21 PM	#6
Al Norris Staff Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 8,739	Case entered and may be referenced at the Internet Archive. __________________ Listings of the Current 2A Cases: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=416973

February 12, 2013, 11:04 AM	#2
SamNavy Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 116	Outstanding... looks like a team effort in the right direction.

February 12, 2013, 11:41 AM	#3
2ndsojourn Senior Member Join Date: January 15, 2013 Location: South Jersey Posts: 351	Maybe a few with more time and money than I will follow suit in NJ.