Commonwealth v. Seay

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “carrying a firearm within one’s residence or place of business by one having a valid [FID] card [but not having a license under G. L. c. 140, § 131,] is not a criminal offense”
• implied exception to firearms license requirement for individual inside his residence does not extend to common areas over which the individual lacks exclusive control
• G. L. c. 269, § 10 [a], \prohibits the unlicensed carrying of a firearm in a foyer or other common area of an apartment building by one who merely happens to rent an apartment therein\
• right to carry firearm without license while within one’s dwelling
• explaining Massachusetts gun licensing laws

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).