I'm about as liberal as they come, but this is plain wrong. Every state should be a SHALL ISSUE state. It's ridiculous that all you have to do is live in the wrong state to not be able to get CCP. Perhaps it really should be a federal license, but then it would get bogged down in red tape and bs. I love Massachusetts, but right now I'm glad I live in North Carolina!
You ought to gather a group of applicants and bring a class action lawsuit against the state!