FIREARMS RECORDS BUREAU v. SIMKIN

No. SJC-11295.

466 Mass. 168 (2013)

FIREARMS RECORDS BUREAU v. JAY E. SIMKIN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penny Dean for Jay E. Simkin.

David R. Marks , Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Karen L. MacNutt & J. Steven Foley , for Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, & LENK, JJ.


CORDY, J.

Jay E. Simkin, a New Hampshire resident, held a temporary nonresident Class A unrestricted license to carry firearms in Massachusetts (license). Following an incident that occurred on November 6, 2009, the firearms records bureau2 (bureau) revoked Simkin's license, deeming him no longer a "suitable person" to possess it. A judge in the District Court ordered that Simkin's license be...

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