James Atkinson v. Massachusetts
ERISA SecondAmendment DueProcess
Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f) is a proper analogue to a historical firearm regulation
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f)—which authorizes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to suspend a law-abiding, adult citizen’s License to Carry a Firearm after a subjective determination of “unsuitability” to possess such a license—is a proper analogue to a historical firearm regulation. 2. If found not to be a proper analogue to a historical firearm regulation, whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 140, § 131(f) is facially against the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. 3. Whether Mass. Gen. Laws. ch. 269, § 10(h)(1), which explicitly criminalizes the possession of handguns and ammunition within a law-abiding, adult citizen’s home, violated Petitioner's Second Amendment Rights. i PARTIES RELATED TO THE PROCEEDINGS All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. ii