Posted on 05/10/2016 7:22:11 AM PDT by pabianice
Despite the Selectmen not supporting Article 20 It is still on the warrant! Please show up May 10th to vote NO on article 20!
Vote NO
Ipswich Town Meeting When: On May 10th at 7:00 PM. Where: Ipswich High School, performing arts center.
Article 20 aims to ban the use of firearms and BB guns in Ipswich.
Contrary to the claims of the article’s author, hunting will not be allowed on private property. Today a land owner needs around 20 acres in order to go out into their back yard and plink.
State law already says that you must be 500 feet away from a dwelling to shoot. There are already exceptions; Defense of life and property Law enforcement activities Theatrics and blanks Established ranges
Article 20 would effectively prevent target shooting, BB gun use and hunting on all private property, regardless of how large.
Why firearms use in Ipswich is not a problem.
Ipswich has 13,000 people and is 150th in population in Massachusetts. We are also somewhere around 5th in total land area at 42.5 square miles. Ipswich has 300 people per square mile. This puts Ipswich in the 34th percentile in the state, the lower 1/3rd.
In other words, we have lots of space and lots of private land that exceeds the 500 foot limit.
Firearms Injuries, not in Ipswich
Ipswich does not have a problem with firearms injuries as a result of legal or illegal use. Dr. Boreri cites the horrors she sees as an ER doctor as the reason for this article. However, what she does not share is that virtually all of the firearms related injuries she sees are the result of illegal use by people illegally possessing firearms. In truth Dr. Boreri has a neighbor that has the required 500 feet of distance and sometimes does plink in their back yard. She does not like that. Article 20 is a personal vendetta for her.
The author of Article 20 does not know the law
In testimony to the Ipswich Board of Selectmen she mistakes MGL Chapter 140, section 131 as the requirements for an approved range. In fact this is the requirements for a club license. She continues to quote this law as what would give the Ipswich Fish and Game Association and any other private range the required approval to continue to operate. She is wrong.
Under this article not even the Ipswich Police range could continue except for use in official duties.
That being the case, their votes either won’t be counted or, because of a gross “oversight that’ll never happen again”, their absentee ballots won’t show up...
Always starts with Massholes.
This is getting seriously ridiculous. Do these gun-grabbers EVER rest?
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