John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts

John Cassidy has been convicted of seven firearm of­ fenses for firearms he possessed solely inside his home as a new resident to Massachusetts. Under Massa­ chusetts’s gun licensing scheme a carrying license is required for possession of certain firearms and devices kept inside one’s home. New residents to the state are unable to ‘import’ common firearms to this state with­ out having to confront government officials with un­ bridled discretionary powers to prosecute felonies un­ der Massachusetts’s gun licensing scheme. Questions presented-

1. Does The Second Amendment’s ‘core’ protec­ tions, The Due Process Clause, and Privileges and Im­ munities Clause extend to new residents when they ‘import’ legally acquired firearms to a new state?

2. When reviewing a state’s firearm licensing scheme under The Second and Fourteenth Amend­ ment is the state’s licensing scheme reviewed under strict scrutiny when charges arise from a new resi­ dent’s continued possession of legally acquired fire­ arms inside their new home?

3. Is a new resident’s actual ability to obtain a state license a mitigating factor for consideration when the state licensing scheme mandates felony con­ victions for in home possession of firearms, triggering a lifetime ban on exercise of ‘core’ protections of in home possession?