I loved living in Boston when I was in college but that was back in the 1970's and things have changed a lot. Despite its conservative heritage, the state has turned into one of the more big-government, high tax, progressive members of our republic and continues down that path with reckless abandon.
This article on gun control from the Boston Herald:
Maura Healey steps up ban on military-looking rifles
Attorney General Maura Healey stepped up the ban on military-looking rifles yesterday, prompting licensed gun enthusiasts to flood gun shops on what they believed might be the last day to buy AR-style guns here.
Healey issued a notice to all gun sellers and manufacturers in Massachusetts banning guns which appear like the Colt AR-15 and the Kalishnikov AK-47, but have been altered by manufacturers to conform to Massachusetts’ ban on adjustable stocks, high-capacity magazines and other features. An estimated 10,000 so-called “copycat” assault weapons were sold in Massachusetts last year alone, Healey’s office said.
A bit more and some pesky numbers to harsh your mellow:
Cyndi Roy-Gonzalez, spokeswoman for Healey, said the office did not consider how many shootings in Massachusetts have been carried out with assault-style rifles, but insisted the ban is an effective anti-violence measure.
According to FBI statistics, rifles of any variety were used in just two of the Bay State’s 779 murders in the past five years, which were mainly carried out with handguns. In that same period, hands and feet were cited as the murder weapon 35 times.
OK - two murders with the scary black military-looking rifles and 35 murders with hands and feet. It is not about saving lives, it is about control. It is harder to snipe a politician with a pistol from 300 yards than with a rifle.
And a tip of the hat to Irons in the Fire for the link.
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