A 19-year-old Dighton man is suing the town and its police chief for seizing his guns and suspending his firearms identification card, according to a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. federal court in Boston.
Matthew P. Plouffe claims that town’s police department violated his Constitutional right to bear arms. The lawsuit calls for the reinstatement of Plouffe’s FID card and the return of his guns. The lawsuit also requests an order permanently enjoining all the law enforcement officials involved from enforcing the state’s gun license law, and calls for the payment of Plouffe’s attorney fees….On March 27, the lawsuit states, police Chief Robert MacDonald and the sergeant decided that Plouffe’s FID card would be suspended and any weapons in his possession would be seized. That same day, Dighton police entered Plouffe’s home and seized two pump-action shotguns, 10 rounds of rifle ammunition, five rounds of shotgun ammunition, a muzzle-loading black powder rifle, a 28-inch shotgun barrel, a box of black powder bullets and other accessories and tamper-resistant locks.
Note, no criminal charges filed, also look at what was seized! Now firearms and ammunition ARE covered under our onerous FID/LTC system, but a shotgun barrel, a black powder gun (powder and shot/bullets ARE covered, but a black powder gun is NOT A FIREARM!), and SAFETY LOCKS?
Frankly this is such a boorish overstep of the law that hopefully the fallout from this case will benefit all of us behind the iron curtain.
Also it shows how little gun permits have to do with safety!
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I feel much safer knowing that this arsenal is now endangering no one. Just imagine how many children have already been spared from a gory demise.
Way to go Ma., liberty be damned!