nstassel
NES Member
I am soliciting opinions from the group...I am filing a motion to dismiss in a 10(a) charge. No offense but if you don't know what that means please don't reply. The defendant has no record and is not otherwise disqualified. And yes they will put him in the house of correction for 18 months if he is convicted. When I first started this research I thought it was a shot in the dark but now I am feeling pretty serious about this.
As of now, I intend to argue that in 1976 the case of Jackson was heard that raised two issues. (1) That the one year mandatory sentence violated cruel and unusual punishment and (2) that criminalizing with a mandatory minimum the RTKBA violated due process. Of course at that time, same year in fact in Davis, the SJC restated that there was no individual RTKBA in Mass. Bruen gives me great arguments to support both these claims now.
Thoughts? This is not about restrictions or suitability really since he did not have a license. But the punishment for bearing arms without a permission slip should not be mandatory incarceration. I point out that exercising a religious ceremony or political speech, comparable rights, can not be criminally punished if you don't get a permit.
As of now, I intend to argue that in 1976 the case of Jackson was heard that raised two issues. (1) That the one year mandatory sentence violated cruel and unusual punishment and (2) that criminalizing with a mandatory minimum the RTKBA violated due process. Of course at that time, same year in fact in Davis, the SJC restated that there was no individual RTKBA in Mass. Bruen gives me great arguments to support both these claims now.
Thoughts? This is not about restrictions or suitability really since he did not have a license. But the punishment for bearing arms without a permission slip should not be mandatory incarceration. I point out that exercising a religious ceremony or political speech, comparable rights, can not be criminally punished if you don't get a permit.