Chief of Police of the City of Worcester v. Holden

This case mounts a challenge under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution 1 to the constitutionality of the “suitable person” standard in G. L. c. 140, § 131 (d) and (/), as amended through St. 1998, c. 180, § 41, by which licenses to carry firearms were issued, suspended, or revoked between 2005 and 2010. 2 The chief of police of the city of Worcester (chief) determined, based on the history of domestic violence of Raymond J. Holden, Jr., against his wife, that Holden was not a suitable person to have such a license. Holden sought judicial review of three separate adverse…