Room 166 District Office
State House 550 Cambridge St
Boston, MA 02133 Cambridge, MA 02141
Telephone: (617) 722-2692 617-491-1846
Affiliation: Democrat
Room 166 District Office
State House 550 Cambridge St
Boston, MA 02133 Cambridge, MA 02141
Telephone: (617) 722-2692 617-491-1846
Affiliation: Democrat
I'm shocked!
What a load of crap! What part of "shall not be infringed" do they not understand. The frog boils slowly.
guess he put the "ass" back in Mass. ,too.
Isn't this the same type of governmental intrusion that led to some problems in Massachusetts in 1775?
This sounds like a perfect 2nd Amendment test case if it goes through and SCOTUS has the stones to review it.
A rally at Concord would be most fitting.
It's hard to believe how stupid Democrats are. Time and again they get royally thumped at the polls when they push gun control.
Therefore, my response to Mr. Toomey is to say more power to ya!
I suppose many would not risk their pension.
Geez, just move out of that 'rathole state and come to Texas.
< / total disgust >
Why disgusting? What did you think 'homeland security' was about, if not government power?
I don't see the customary exemption for police and military written in this bill.
The fact is we have a dictatorial legislature. They have carved the districts so much that a Democrat super-majority is gaurenteed, and have stripped the Governor of of many of his powers since the office became Republican 16 years ago. We are almost at the point at which we should scrap the state constitution and start over again in my opinion. MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS TO BE LIBERATED!
Irrelevant.
It'll be struck down by the SC faster then Bill Clinton can get his pants off at a sorrority party.
"The people have a right to keep and bear arms for the common defense. And as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature, and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it." Declaration of Rights, Article 17."
http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/StateLaws.aspx?ST=MA
But criminals will be exempted from buying insurance.
National guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order.
The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed weapons. Gage issued a ban on private ownership of weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily."
Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans.
During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange. Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths.
Before order could be restored, armed citizens from the surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.
Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor has also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.
First reported on April 20, 1775
I'm sure this will be balanced with one NRA member as well, of course.
/ sarcasm / bitterness / anger / rage / fury / hatred of socialist policy
In cases where a finding of fact and guilt is to be made,one member of any such committee must be a member of Stop Handgun Violence, Inc.