Legal Opinion
Wesson v. Town of Salisbury
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 18, 2014No. Civil Action No. 13-10469-RGSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
This case raises a Second Amendment challenge to the licensing scheme of the Massachusetts Gun Control Act of 1998. The essential facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff Michael Wesson is a sixty-five-year-old resident of Salisbury, Massachusetts. In 1973, Wesson was convicted in Maine of misdemeanor possession of a small amount of marihuana (a “joint”) and paid a $300 fine. He has no other record of criminal convictions. Wesson possesses a valid Firearm Identification Card (FID) issued in 1993 pursuant to…
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