[marktwain]

Wikipedia says Massachusetts has "limited preemption for some laws" but does not say what that is.

It also says there is no preemption for handgun or long gun laws.

[Gay State Conservative]

In Massachusetts one must apply for a LTC to the Chief of Police of the city/town in which he lives. That Chief has absolute discretion in approving,or denying,an application. The only recourse that one who's been denied has is to appeal to the State Police.

I know this because I recently applied and was denied. I live in a fairly affluent suburb just chock full of bleeding heart Maoists and my town is known as one where applications are rarely approved. I've lived a life so clean...and so so boring...that it would make you weep. Yet I was denied.

That,to me,is "preemption".