"I have heard that, in Boston, every application for a carry permit is denied and that they are only given on the appeal."
In Boston (and Brookline, as far as I know), you have to pass a marksmanship test in order to be considered for a license to carry. And then it's still up to the discretion of the chief of police.
In Boston (and Brookline, as far as I know), you have to pass a marksmanship test in order to be considered for a license to carry. And then it's still up to the discretion of the chief of police.
Deprivations of civil rights under color of law are a felony, punishable by more than ten years imprisonment when committed by a police officer, and the death penalty in some circumstances.
And the federal government has prosecuted and jailed police officers for civil rights violations, in some cases holding the trials 40 years or more after the offense was committed. The police administrators and those who've enforced those policies could find their liberty- and pensions- suddenly absent one day, sooner or later, just one Supreme Court decision away.
And, if they've conspired with others, political leaders, to enforce such policies against the rights of citizens, they can be looking at life sentences, and even the death penalty can be applied for such criminal conspiracy under certain circumstances.
Accordingly, those are dangerous felons you're talking about there. Treat them accordingly.