Chief of Police of the City of Worcester v. Holden

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• emphasizing that Massachusetts law does not absolutely prohibit handguns in the home nor ban ready-to-use firearms in public
• recognizing \compelling\ and \significant\ interest in firearm regulation because it \directly affects the physical safety of the citizenry\ [citation omitted]
• noting that the “suitability standard works in tandem with the disqualifying provisions of the statute”
• upholding denial of request to renew license to carry based on \specific and reliable information that [applicant] had assaulted and beaten his wife\ five years earlier
• explaining the purpose of the state’s licensing prerequisites, including the “suitable person” qualification
• chief of police properly relied on 4 details in police report in deciding to suspend plaintiff's license to carry

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