A coalition of local gun advocates is pushing the state’s highest court to order the release of a decorated Air Force veteran from jail while he awaits trial on gun possession charges, arguing that two judges incorrectly found the man dangerous and made him a “political prisoner.”

The arrest and pre-trial detention of Kyle Culotta, a 51-year-old who traveled to Massachusetts this summer with his fiancée, Sarandë Jackson, is the latest flashpoint in a fight to strike down a landmark firearms law Beacon Hill Democrats approved in July 2024 and Gov. Maura Healey declared an emergency measure months later.

Jim Wallace, the executive director of the Gun Owners’ Action League, a local affiliate of the National Rifle Association, said Second Amendment advocates who oppose the more than year-old

See Full Page