Richmond v. Peraino

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

SOROKIN, United States District Judge

Plaintiffs Steven Richmond and Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. bring this action alleging that the Massachusetts statutes governing the permitting of handguns as applied to Richmond violate his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.1 The Plaintiffs seek declaratory and' injunctive relief requiring Defendant Michael Peraino, the Chief of the Hingham Police Department, to issue a License to Carry (“LTC”) or a Permit to Purchase (“PTP”), allowing Richmond to possess…