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How often does the LTC system get attacked on criminal justice reform grounds? The crime of carrying without a LTC, in my anecdotal observations, largely impacts minorities in cities like Brockton, Fall River, New Bedford, Lowell/Lawrence/etc., and minority-heavy neighborhoods in Boston like Dorchester and Roxbury.
I'd love to see statistical data on what communities have the most carrying without a LTC charges cross-referenced by racial stats. Or just breaking down who gets charged by the defendant's race.
Of course we all know this was the intent of the law back in the early 1900s-1920s when the political system wanted to keep guns out of the hands of Italians, Jews, blacks, and other recent immigrants.
I'd love to see statistical data on what communities have the most carrying without a LTC charges cross-referenced by racial stats. Or just breaking down who gets charged by the defendant's race.
Of course we all know this was the intent of the law back in the early 1900s-1920s when the political system wanted to keep guns out of the hands of Italians, Jews, blacks, and other recent immigrants.