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To be clear, the case is at the Massachusetts supreme court. It may end up at the US Supreme Court.
Of course there should be reciprocity...The Bill of Rights is for everyone.
Every time I look at that pesky constitution thingie I see the words, Shall Not Be Infringed.....
I wonder what those words mean?
The same liberals who forced “gay mirage” onto all the states as a “full faith and credit” constitutional application will nevertheless deny this for an explicitly mentioned 2nd Amendment right.
I wonder if reciprocity with states that don’t impose a “May Issue” standard for permits (if they even have permits) could be used as leverage to eliminate the odious “May Issue” requirement for Mass firearms ownership.
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I have a license to carry in MA. I live 200 yards from the CT border. I have to be sure that I don’t carry in CT.
The difference between the states? In CT, the training class lasts 1.5 hours longer.
So if I got “caught” in CT, I would face some pretty severe penalties. This was pounded into our heads when we had our training many years ago.
I don’t understand why reciprocal licensing doesn’t apply from MA. It has some of the strictest provisions in the country. If I can carry here, I would imagine I meet the standards for everywhere else I am going to travel.
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I have a MA nonresident license to carry firearms.
One of the things you have to do to get that license is to demonstrate familiarity with MA firearms laws.
The issue in this case (I believe) is that some of the laws contradict each other. There is no source of authority willing to deconflict the laws in writing in such a way as to keep you out of trouble.
You can, for example, have a loaded firearm in your vehicle, AS LONG AS it is “under your direct control” (i.e., you are sitting in the driver’s seat). When you arrive and park, you can take it with you, UNLESS you are going to a prohibited place.
But if your business takes you to a prohibited place, once you exit the vehicle without it, it is no longer “under your direct control”. It is illegal to park your vehicle with a loaded firearm in it. It is arguably illegal to leave a locked up and unloaded firearm in your vehicle.
There are several other examples. My license is for “large capacity” firearms, but no one is permitted more than ten rounds, license or no license, and certain jurisdictions (Boston, for example) have stricter limits.
It will be very interesting to see what the SJC’s take on this case is.