At 76 years old I don't get into fist fights anymore. That is why I always carry a firearm. Oh wait! This is in MA and the people (elderly) don't have the means of self defense. Sorry, I lost my head for a minute.
Not completely true, we can and do have the means. It is just that they don’t make it as easy to do it. MA is a “May Issue” state, and most localities do issue if you ask. But there are no doubt some a-hole localities, where the Chief of Police is a hard core Leftist. I have heard a few stories.
I have a close friend who wanted to be able to carry, but was worried they wouldn’t grant one because he had been busted for drunk driving decades ago, but I convinced him to apply for a conceal carry permit. He did, then didn’t hear back from them for a year. When I talked to him, I encouraged him to just call and find out for sure if his application had been declined, and if so, why.
When he called, they said “Oh, we have had it right here in this desk drawer in an envelope, we called you to come pick it up, but nobody answered and we couldn’t leave a message.”
Apparently, they had an old phone number on file they were using instead of the one he put on the form...
But no, you can get conceal carry here. We face the same problems other Americans all over the country face if they defend themselves, though.
It seems like if you have to resort to defending yourself, in today’s America your future is a crap shoot. I hate that it is.
Perhaps that can be changed someday.