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Friday, April 5, 2013

Gun Rights Rally on Boston Common Draws Hundreds

Protesters urged lawmakers not to pass Gov. Patrick's proposed gun control bill.

Taking aim at Democrats, the media and others they say are attacking the Second Amendment, hundreds of gun rights activists gathered on the Boston Common Wednesday afternoon to rally to fight a bill that would tighten gun control.  "Every time the government passes new gun control laws it creates a problem," Ying Li, an engineer who participated in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, told the crowd. The rally was organized by the Gun Owners' Action League and was partly in response to new gun control measures being considered at the State House, including Gov. Deval Patrick's bill to limit firearm purchases to one a month, reduce access to high-powered rounds of ammunition and require background checks …

Friday, August 24, 2012

ANOTHER Mass Shooting. What's the Answer?

A gunman opened fire this morning near the Empire State Building, the latest in this summer's gun carnage. What do you think the response should be?

Yet another one. In the most recent mass shooting this morning, police say a gunman opened fire just outside the Empire State Building in New York City just after 9 a.m. Sources told the New York Daily News a dispute erupted between co-workers at a business in the Empire State Building. They say the shooter casually walked away from the scene; witnesses pointed him out to the police and he was then shot dead by police. Earlier this month, a lone gunman — an Army veteran and labeled as a white supremacist — allegedly opened fire and killed six people and wounded three others at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He also was shot and killed by police. Possible involvement by others is still being investigated. Last month, a lone gunman …

Matt

9:00 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012

A few items to note; -illegally owned guns are by far the vast majority of gun-related crime. -second hand smoke kills a multiple of people more per year than homicide. The answer (in my opinion); -much harsher penalty for illegally owned guns -Licenses being "shall issue" (barring those with criminal or mental limitations) with the State having an appropriate amount of time to run background …   more ›

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