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Massachusetts v. Runyan considered a challenge to Massachusetts’ safe storage law, which requires that a firearm be securely stored when not carried by or under the control of an owner or lawfully authorized user. Runyan involved an appeal of a lower court ruling citing the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the dismissal of an indictment against a parent who failed to secure a semiautomatic rifle from his teenage son. LCAV joined the Brady Center and other law enforcement and gun violence prevention organizations in filing this amicus brief in support of Massachusetts.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT S.J.C. No. 10480
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
RICHARD RUNYAN, Defendant-Appellee
ON APPEAL FROM ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF THE DISTRICT COURT
AMICI CURIAE BRIEF OF BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE,
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF POLICE OFFICERS, LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE, MASSACHUSETTS CHIEFS OF POLICE,
MASSACHUSETTS MILLION MOM MARCH CHAPTER OF THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE, AND STOP HANDGUN VIOLENCE
IN SUPPORT OF APPELLANT ___________________________________________________________
Scott Harshbarger BBO # 224000 Bernard D. Gold Gil N. Peles Clifford Davidson Jennifer L. Roche PROSKAUER ROSE LLP One International Place Boston, MA 02110-2600 Tel: 617-526-9600 Jonathan E. Lowy Daniel R. Vice BRADY CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE LEGAL ACTION PROJECT 1225 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: 202-289-7319 Attorneys for Amici Curiae
June 29, 2009
