PRR: licensed firearms businesses
Dear Records Access Officer:
Under the Massachusetts Public Records Law, I am requesting the following records pertaining to licensed firearms businesses (including individuals licensed as such), covering the time period of Jan. 1, 2017 through the date that my records are retrieved:
Applications for licenses to sell, rent, or lease firearms, rifles, shotguns, and machines guns; to perform gunsmithing services; or to sell ammunition; including any records during the course of the application process, such as correspondences and attachments.
Inspections, and any records provided to your agency as a result of inspections.
Referrals and complaints from any person or agency on potential violations of federal or state laws, and records of any action taken.
Investigations
Records of enforcement actions by your agency, or any other agency that are in your possession.
If my request would result in a large volume of records, please send me a breakdown of the records, record types and formats, to assist me in potentially narrowing my request.
I would like to receive these records in their original, machine-readable digital file format whenever possible, which I am entitled to under 950 CMR 32.07(d). (“The records access officer must provide electronic records in native form when possible.”) For example, If the records kept as Word docs, PDFs, or spreadsheets, please send them to me in that format, instead of printouts or scans of printouts.
As a member of the media reporting on matters in the public interest, I am requesting a fee waiver and an expediting of my request. Since I am requesting records in their original digital format whenever possible, I expect the costs, if any, to be limited.
G. L. c. 66, § 10(a) requires that you fulfill my request within 10 business days. If you are unable to furnish my records within 10 business days, you are required to send a written response within that timeframe that includes the information outlined in G. L. c. 66, § 10(b)(i-ix).
If you deny my request in part or in full, G. L. c. 66, § 10(a-b) requires that you send a written denial that details the specific basis for withholding the material, cites the statutory or common law exemptions, and advises me of the administrative process and judicial remedies for appeal.
I ask that communication regarding this request be conducted via email, and that the request be filled via email, which I am entitled to under the law.
Thank you for considering my request.
The Framingham Police Department must redact on the grounds
that providing the requested records would violate Public Law, Exemption (C) G.L. c. 4,
§ 7(26)(c).This
category applies to materials or data relating to a specifically named individual, the disclosure of
which may constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy71
Drivers' License numbers redacted
Personal identifying information redacted
You
have a right to appeal this decision, pursuant to 950 CMR 32.08(2), to:
Supervisor of Public
Records
Office of the State
Secretary,
One Ashburton Place,
Room 1719
Boston,
Massachusetts 02108
Any
appeal must be made in writing within 90 days of this denial, and shall include
a copy of your written request and a copy of this letter. The Supervisor shall
accept an appeal only from a person who had made his or her public record
request in writing. If you require further information regarding this matter,
please do not hesitate to contact me.
Request Date
2022-09-29
Agency Tracking
2022-2432
Acquisition Notes
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