“(T)he First Circuit of the US Court of Appeals ruled that the right to self-defense is at its “zenith inside the home,” and the right is “plainly more circumscribed” outside.

“The “core right” protected by the Second Amendment is for citizens to use arms in defense of home, the court said in its decision. “Public carriage of firearms for self-defense falls outside the perimeter of this core right.”

“The state’s firearms license statute “takes into account the heightened needs of some individuals to carry firearms for self-defense and balances those needs” against public safety demands, the court added.” – Gintautas Dumcius in Firearm restrictions in Boston and Brookline don’t violate Second Amendment, appeals court says