Don't get me wrong, I agree with your characterization of the licensing practice as pure BS (for concealed carry and law licenses) but it is the law.
It isn’t just Massachusetts, though, that has that approach to conceal carry.
THAT is a travesty, though. They make conceal carry so damn difficult that many people who are licensed to do so, don’t. (As they obviously intend)
Sure I can carry. But I can’t go here with it. I can’t go there with it. It is almost as if there should be an iPhone app tied into a huge, constantly changing database to warn you based on your satellite location or something.
Or something. People should be able to carry openly, everywhere, in every state, period.