You know Jose, your continual rant against Massachusetts gets annoying after awhile. You don't live here and as near as I can determine you have no connections here. On these boards you hear about the very worst aspects of the Commonwealth. I cannot disagree with the criticisms, but we have our good points too, and one of these is higher education. I realize that there are many fine colleges and universities everywhere including Ohio (which I believe has record numbers of colleges and universities including Kent State [my father's alma mater] where your Ohio National Guard wantonly massacred students), but some of the very best ones are here in Massachusetts. A person would be foolish to turn down the opportunity to attend a quality school in Massachusetts, and frankly where you get your degree from these days, means a lot more than it did when I graduated from college.
Now this may surprise you, but I was born in Ohio and lived my early childhood days there. I had family connections there for many years, and have been over a period of time, a frequent visitor to your state. I've been to Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus, and frankly, I've spent enough time in the Rust Belt to realize that you have nothing to brag about, absolutely nothing. Our worst sections of Boston in no way compare to the slums of Cleveland, for example.
Now if you resided in a true "gun culture" state like Montana, or Idaho or Alaska, then maybe you could really gloat, but you know what? I have an unrestricted LTC A license here in Mass, and it gives me a helluva lot more latitude in carrying a handgun, than your Ohio permit, which is a relatively recent development in your state.
I certainly respect your right to your opinions and phiolosophy but frankly you strike me as a very bitter and unhappy fellow, who is severely lacking in compassion and a sense of humanity. Maybe you are part of a larger systemic problem that we have today in our country, I don't know, but anyway your rants against Massachusetts are getting old.
Mark L.