Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/5/1991
MacNutt v. Police Commissioner
Citations
- 30 Mass. App. Ct. 632
- 572 N.E.2d 577
- 1991 Mass. App. LEXIS 369
How courts have described this case
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- upholding firing test qualification promulgated by firearms-licensing authority and noting that the grant of discretion in chapter 140 “necessarily includes any incidental power reasonably related to the purposes of the granting statute”
- proper for licensing authority to condition suitability determination on passing test of firearm handling and firing proficiency
- person may be found unsuitable if person does not safely handle firearm during and pass firing test requiring that \firing regimen be followed and accuracy demonstrated\
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Judges: Jacobs
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