MA Police Chief denies permit due to Internet posting.

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For the record, the OP (Jessie Cohen), is a respected and trusted attorney specializing in MA firearms laws and not one to knowingly or unknowingly spread false or misleading information.

It's also important to mention that MA requires a permit for purchase and possession of firearms and ammunition.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Not only are our 2nd Amendment Rights under attack, but now the Swampscott Police has placed our 1st Amendment Rights in jeopardy as well.

The language from the actual letter of denial reads as follows:

"Applicant appears to be overly anxious and unreasonably impatient with the time required for the licensing process. On-line postings suggest a lack of maturity and an inappropriate preoccupation with firearms and the circumstance surrounding the use of deadly force."

This is not a joke! This is for real!
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http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=86489
 
While the Police Chief's denial seems unreasonable on the face of it, this reinforces what's been said by some in a recent post concerning Facebook. That is, and I paraphrase, don't say anything on the internet that can come back to bite you! And that applies to THR too, if you can be ID'd.
 
General Geoff said:
It is none of the chief's business what the applicant's legal hobbies and interests are.
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As long as it's a "may issue" state, the chief can get away with making it his business. That won't change unless/until the permitting system changes or is discarded entirely. You will, of course, object to the system; but that doesn't change the fact that at present the system is reality.
 
While it might not be wise to post everything online, this disturbs me for one reason and one reason only. Anything you say or do can, at any time, be used against you for any reason, in a tyrannical government.

Big Brother is watching, and as paranoid as ever. Buy a Penthouse magazine? Someday that may bite you in the arse. High Times will burn you. Model Railroading Enthusiast may get you shunted off to prison since you can learn how to move things. Who knows? Anything is game when an over-controlling and un-checked entity is in charge.

If we worried about all of this and rolled over the deal would be sealed. We just need to live our lives, and when someone like the Chief in Swampscott does something outrageous? Let everyone know just like we're doing. Word will get out and eventually right will prevail.
 
Applicant appears to be overly anxious and unreasonably impatient with the time required for the licensing process.
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If you want the license, you can't get it.

Joseph Heller said:
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. 'Orr' was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to.
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Maybe the guy should have posted as Yossarian.:D

(That said, and as much as this stuff can piss me off, I'll withhold judgment until I see what this guy actually posted.)
 
Everyone is rushing to his aid but if he posted something like, "MY PERMIT IS TAKING TOO LONG! I'M GONNA KILL THE CHIEF WHEN I GET MY GUN!"

Then, suddenly, it seems like perhaps the chief may have been on to something.
 
It took me 7 months to get my permit here in MA. I can understand why he may have seemed anxious about the wait.

I guess the people who think you should post with your real name (instead of an alias like Dope) haven't a clue eh?

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Maelstrom, like I said, I'll withhold judgment until I see what this guy actually posted.:)
 
Romney? Who's that?:)

Whoever runs and wins in 2012, even if we haven't heard of him/her yet, I'll make this prediction: he/she will have a bestselling autobiography.

I'd bet money on it.

It's funny, too, since most of the country doesn't read the stuff.

(At the risk of invoking Godwin, do you know who the first guy to use this technique was?:eek:)
 
The police chief was probably having a bad day after his request for a building permit to add on to his kitchen was denied:

"Applicant appears to be overly anxious and unreasonably impatient with the time required for the licensing process. On-line postings suggest a lack of maturity and an inappropriate preoccupation with donuts and the circumstance surrounding the use of powdered sugar."
 
I'd say that's unlikely, Navy Guns. Do you have any evidence that cops make their own donuts?:D

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If you are going to live in that "lovely, progressive, forward thinking" peoples utopia you get what you deserve. I have to be nice so my post won't be pulled. But you guys keep bringing up that state.
 
What a piece of work.... life aint percfect up here in Nashua,but I am SO happy to NOT be living in massghanistan anymore....some of the chiefs are decent ;but htis guy is another badged pantload.
 
Sounds like the guy got a case of the stupids. If you live in a small town, there are a couple of things to remember:

1. The police chief knows who you are, who your dad is, your mom is, and probably most of your close relatives.

2. Don't mouth off on a local gun board. The police chief is probably a member.
 
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