By Premiere Massachusetts Firearms Attorney & Gun Rights Lawyer for LTC FID Denials & Suspensions, William S. Smith- Go To ATTORNEYSMITHLAW.COM or Call (774) 364-1754 holdenattorney@gmail.com
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Today, June 18, 2025, the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the federal ban on sales of handguns to 18-21 year-olds. In an initial victory for gun…
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government against American gun manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson and Interstate Arms. Mexico had…
On June 2, 2025, the US Supreme Court declined yet again to hear a so called “assault weapons” ban case. DAVID SNOPE, et al. v. ANTHONY G. BROWN, in his official capacity as ATTORNEY GENERAL OF…
On May 28, 2025, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a state law prohibiting most individuals under the age of 21 from carrying handguns in public. The decision affirms the state’s…
On March 11, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held in Commonwealth v. Donnell: “To be consistent with the Second Amendment, the Commonwealth’s nonresident firearm licensing scheme cannot vest an…
I chuckled when I’d first heard last year that the legislature was about to amend the Massachusetts “Red Flag Law.” Why would I laugh at yet another infringement on this…
From Boston Globe, May 1, 2025 Gun advocates bring wave of challengesto state laws, capitalizing on SupremeCourt rulingBy Dan Glaun Globe Staff, Updated May 1, 2025, 4:27 a.m. Gun rights…
In Capen v. Campbell, the First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a significant Second Amendment decision on April 17, 2025, addressing a constitutional challenge to Massachusetts’ ban on what are…
In the April 2, 2025 decision in the case of Chief of Police of Southborough v. Paul A. Dwiggins, the Southborough police chief had denied Dwiggins’s application for a Class…
Westbrook v. Pratt (2024) This Massachusetts case of mine is a very significant recent challenge to the Massachusetts unsuitability standard. In Westbrook v. Pratt, the plaintiff, Westbrook, had his firearms license denied…
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