I don't want to let this one get lost in the tweets and emails. Last month the Bristol Superior Court found in favor of Jonathan Hill in his license appeal against New Bedford. The decision is notable in that the judge applied heighten scrutiny and that the denial of his license was violation of his Second Amendment rights.
To the best of my knowledge, this is the FIRST time that a Massachusetts state court has upheld the Second Amendment.
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To the best of my knowledge, this is the FIRST time that a Massachusetts state court has upheld the Second Amendment.
In the context of the stipulated facts, the court finds that the record clearly fails to establish, even a rational basis for declining the subject permit, let alone facts sufficient to meet a heightened scrutiny standard.
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