Here’s What Citizens in a Massachusetts City Must Do to Apply for a Handgun License

By Kathryn Blackhurst

Outraged critics in Lowell, Massachusetts, are denouncing the city’s new law that will require those applying for a license to carry handguns to submit a personal “essay” and pay roughly $1,100 toward a set of training classes.

The Lowell law, which was lauded by Police Superintendent William Taylor and subsequently passed through the City Council, would require applicants for unrestricted handgun licenses to write out why they believe they are entitled to receive that license, according to Fox News. Taylor would then have sole discretion over granting or denying all applications.

“I will never write an essay to get my rights as an American citizen,” resident Dan Gannon told the Lowell Sun.

In conjunction with local trainer Randy Breton, Taylor will shape a course required for permit-seeking applicants to take. The five-day course would cost roughly $1,100 and would be offered only once this year, according to the Sun. Breton has since criticized Taylor for requiring such an expensive course that would not be offered at the applicants’ convenience.

“It’s beyond ridiculous,” Breton said, the Sun reported.

The new law also has drawn sharp criticism for its purported lack of respect for citizens’ constitutional rights under the …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze