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FLETCHER v. HAAS

Civil Action No. 11-10644-DPW.

851 F.Supp.2d 287 (2012)

Christopher M. FLETCHER, Eoin M. Pryal, Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., and Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Robert C. HAAS, in his capacity as Cambridge Commissioner of Police, Mark K. Leahy, in his capacity as Northborough Chief of Police, and Jason A. Guida, Esq., in his capacity as Director of the Firearms Records Bureau, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Hickson, III , Hickson Law Group, P.C., Springfield, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Arthur J. Goldberg , Cambridge City Law Department City Hall, Cambridge, MA, Katharine Isabel Doyle , David J. Doneski , Kopelman & Paige, PC, Kenneth W. Salinger , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, District Judge.

This case presents the question whether lawful permanent resident aliens1 are among "the people" for whom the Second Amendment the United States Constitution provides a right to bear arms. I conclude they are.

Plaintiffs seek to enjoin enforcement of the citizenship requirement contained in Massachusetts General Laws chapter 140, sections 129B and 131, and...

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