No. 24-101

John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts

Lower Court: Massachusetts
Docketed: 2024-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 2nd-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-liability due-process firearm-licensing firearms home-possession interstate-travel licensing residence second-amendment
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

What type of 'Arms' are protected by the Second Amendment when a state's multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home possession by a qualified but unlicensed individual?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED John Cassidy legally purchased common firearms in Texas and carried them to Massachusetts as part of his move to the state in 2010. 1. What type of ‘Arms’ are protected by the Second Amendment when a state’s multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home possession by a qualified but unlicensed individual? 2. Can a law-abiding citizen who lawfully owns firearms in one state carry those arms to another state as part of a change in residence and as a new , resident be convicted for their ‘newly unlicensed conduct’ by way of their continued possession of firearms inside their new home? 3. Does a state’s multi-level firearm licensing scheme violate the Second Amendment when that scheme requires a license to carry to merely possess common ; firearms in one’s home and punishes all without a carrying license with a felony, mandatory jailtime, and a lifetime ban on constitutionally protected conduct?

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-08-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-08-12
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2024-07-17

Attorneys

John E. Cassidy
John E. Cassidy — Petitioner
John E. Cassidy — Petitioner
Massachusetts
Thomas Edward BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent
Thomas Edward BocianOffice of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Respondent