The MA Appeals Court today handed down a new decision regarding MA's "safe storage" provisions.
http://www.socialaw.com/slip.htm?cid=19943&sid=119
I'm reading the slip opinion right now, but the issue seems to be:
Is a firearm stored in a locked box safely stored if the whole box can just be stolen?
It looks like the appeals court has said "Yes." Also of interest, this seems to have had a question as to if the common "thread a cable lock through the factory gun case" is secure enough to count as a locked case (and the trial court seems to have found it was).
(EDIT to remove bad reading on my part: There is a Judge Cohen in this case.)
This case has made the popular Volokh Conspiracy blog but which I've not read yet.
http://www.socialaw.com/slip.htm?cid=19943&sid=119
I'm reading the slip opinion right now, but the issue seems to be:
Is a firearm stored in a locked box safely stored if the whole box can just be stolen?
It looks like the appeals court has said "Yes." Also of interest, this seems to have had a question as to if the common "thread a cable lock through the factory gun case" is secure enough to count as a locked case (and the trial court seems to have found it was).
(EDIT to remove bad reading on my part: There is a Judge Cohen in this case.)
This case has made the popular Volokh Conspiracy blog but which I've not read yet.
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