Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Runyan
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 10, 2010No. SJC-10480PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The defendant was charged in the Lowell Division of the District Court Department with storing or keeping a firearm that was not “secured in a locked container or equipped with a tamper-resistant mechanical lock or other safety device, properly engaged so as to render such weapon inoperable by any person other than the owner of other lawfully authorized user,” in violation of G. L. c. 140, § 131L (a). On October 15, 2008, a judge dismissed the count against the defendant, explaining that he was “unable to distinguish the provisions of G. L. c. 140, § 131L, from those struck down” by the…
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