While we're on the topic of the Globe, look who they named one of their "Bostonians of the Year":
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/12/20/the_responder/
I'll second that one. He did a good job.
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While we're on the topic of the Globe, look who they named one of their "Bostonians of the Year":
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/12/20/the_responder/
...could certainly have been expanded to point out that while applications are up about 15%, an enormous number of citizens of MA don't HAVE THE OPTION of applying for a handgun permit, simply by virtue of what town they live in and the attitude of their CoP.Massachusetts gun ownership laws are among the strictest in the country. Local police departments grant licenses and have broad leeway to deny applications.
What if someone contacted her and said "We're lawful gun owners who are also concerned about gun trafficking, and we know a lot about how guns are purchased and from whom. Do we have any common ground? Wonder if she would actually think about that. My experience is that most lawful gun owners want an orderly society every bit as much as everyone else: especially most veterans.///Somebody needs to brand a scarlet letter A on this lady for comitting such a heretical crime. How can a self-described "coalition fighting gun trafficking" utter such blasphemy in clear violation of the orthodoxy from Mumbles & Co.? I mean, why, just this year alone in Boston there were 3 gun suicides and 1 road range incident! I mean, how can they say this is not a major epidemic??
How about using some G*d-damned facts you pompous ignoramus. Try reading a book (e.g. "More Guns, Less Crime" - John Lott).
While we're on the topic of the Globe, look who they named one of their "Bostonians of the Year":
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/12/20/the_responder/
According to a recent Radio Boston special report a minuscule percentage of bad actors commit the vast majority of the homicides and shootings that have occurred YTD in Boston. That's 33 homicides and 191 shootings. BPD has arrested 541 people on firearm charges this year.
I heard him on a radio show where someone quoted that book, and he alleged that John Lott falsified some info in the book, then discounted it.
John Lott lost a boatload of credibility when he pulled that Mary Rosh stunt. Just think of how we would have been all over it like a cheap suit if one of our detractors had done something similar.
Kristen Rand, legislative director at the Violence Policy Center in Washington, pointed to troad-rage shootings as cautionary tales.
“People may feel safer with a handgun, but all the evidence points to the opposite,’’ she said. “We see it happen across the country. They are not enhancing public safety; they are a public safety problem.’’
My reply over there must have made some asshat uncomfortable, they removed it!
I posted under the name Beretta96fs, last time I looked I had 9 "like" or approved of the post. WTF!
I had mentioned how cops do not have to answer 911 calls, do not have to protect you, only investigate after a crime, and promised to not use my gun to protect the anti's if the SHTF if they leave me and my rights alone.
CENSORSHIP!
What else would I expect from the Glob?
Post it again.
I wonder if this is total license holders or just Class A? You cannot count of the media to get things right, especially when it comes to gun-related issues. Assuming that number is true (228,000 Class A) and you factor in all of the Class B and FID holders, you would have well over 300,000 licensed gun owners. That is a decent-size voting bloc. I wonder how many MA gun owners vote?Great grab and great news!
Boston was up 18 percent, Cambridge 25 percent, Somerville 26 percent, according to the article.
The increase in Class A permits - the largest and broadest category of gun license - amounted to a jump of more than 28,000 statewide to about 224,000 as of last month, according to data provided by the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
The number had previously been dropping, from about 239,000 in 2001 to 192,000 in 2007. Class A permits, commonly called “a license to carry,’’ are the only permits that allow individuals to carry concealed guns and own all types of legal firearms.
Dot02116 wrote:
Good luck getting to your properly secured gun when someone breaks into your house. And for all you gun owning bill of rights lovers, I expect to see you reporting for militia duty on the common asap. A gun is simply another toy for insecure weak men, like fancy golf clubs, sportscars, and cigars bigger than their own manhood.
I think the related question is how do we get them to join GOAL?
which one of you is "gentlemanfromhanover"? you are very well spoken, and communicate with these moonbats in a very non-confrontational manner. well done!
I wonder how many MA gun owners vote?
More than 30 states allow a person to openly carry a loaded handgun without a permit, according to the Legal Community Against Violence, a public interest law center focused on gun control issues.
Huh? What states are those? I think I can count one, but even VT is not keen on OC.
More than 30 states allow a person to openly carry a loaded handgun without a permit, according to the Legal Community Against Violence, a public interest law center focused on gun control issues.
Huh? What states are those? I think I can count one, but even VT is not keen on OC.
http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/Federal/Read.aspx?id=74More than 30 states allow a person to openly carry a loaded handgun without a permit, according to the Legal Community Against Violence, a public interest law center focused on gun control issues.
Huh? What states are those? I think I can count one, but even VT is not keen on OC.
So if you want to carry openly, you don't need a permit, but if you tuck it into your pants, you DO need a permit?