1) Most of the low-income folks in Massachusetts are Hispanic or Black.
2) If you're low-income (Hispanic or Black) you probably can't afford the additional insurance policy, which will be exceedingly high, because you probably live in a poor neighborhood, where crime is a problem.
Therefore, if you're Hispanic or Black you'll be hurt by this bill while rich White folk will not. It's racist.
Haven't you been paying attention to liberal logic all these years?
I hear you. It is a backhanded (read this as sleazy) way for the Dems to take guns from the hands of the poor and minorities without actually saying that they are doing so.
They will probably pass this on Christmas Eve, when nobody is looking.
USMC,
Oh, right liberal *ahem* logic.
Maybe in that way the current poplicies are already racist. As you probably know, in MA the issuing authoirty for LTC is the local PD. And the most urban areas of the state, which is also where the largest non-white populations live, are the least likely to issue Class A licenses.
GO out into the rural areas, and it's no sweat assuming you've jumped all the other hoops and the checks clear. My wife's not even a citizen and she got hers in 2 weeks.
actually, its not that bad. someone on another site told me that he has some NRA sponsored $250k liability insurance policy that costs him $254/ year.