Posted on 03/18/2016 1:23:04 PM PDT by pabianice
Longmeadow Alert!
Longmeadow Massachusetts will be voting at town meeting on May 10th and could vote in some drastic anti-Second Amendment measures.
Please see the text of Article’s 26, 27, 28 from the 2016 town meeting warrant (see below). This was sent to us by a member. These articles are an outright assault on your Second Amendment rights. Article 26 would ban lawful carry of firearms on all town property including sidewalks. Article 27 would require gun registration upon renewal of license. Article 28 would ban many commonly owned firearms and magazines
Please know that the warrant is yet to be finalized.
Town Meeting begins May 10, click here for more information.
If you live in Longmeadow please plan on attending town meeting and voting NO on all three articles! See text below.
ARTICLE 26. Citizen Petition To see if the Town will vote to accept a bylaw for gun control on town property that reads, whoever possesses a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in any building owned by the Town, or on recreation area, conservation area, or other grounds owned by the Town, shall pay a fine of $300. The terms “firearm,” “rifle,” and “shotgun” shall have the meanings found in Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 140, section 121, or take any other action relative thereto. This proposed bylaw would prohibit anyone from possessing a firearm (defined under state law as a pistol, revolver, or similar weapon), rifle, or shotgun in a town building or on town property. ATM Warrant – May 10, 2016 Page 6
ARTICLE 27. Citizen Petition To see if the Town will vote to accept a bylaw for gun licensing requirements that reads, each person applying for, or seeking to renew, a license to carry a firearm or a firearm identification card with the Chief of Police or Police Department shall describe in writing each firearm, rifle or shotgun possessed by the prospective license holder. Such description shall include the serial number, make, model, and caliber of each firearm, rifle, or shotgun. The prospective license holder shall also certify that he/she understands and complies with the safe storage requirements of Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 140, section 131L. Whoever fails to provide a description for each firearm, rifle, or shotgun shall pay a fine of $300 for each firearm, rifle, or shotgun which has not been so described. Whoever fails to certify, or falsely certifies, his/her compliance with the safe storage requirements of Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 140, section 131L shall pay a fine of $300, or take any other action relative thereto. Under Massachusetts state law, licenses to carry a firearm (LTCs) and firearm identification cards (FID cards) expire after six years. This bylaw would require new applicants or those seeking to renew LTCs or FID cards to provide a description of each firearm, rifle, or shotgun possessed by the applicant. The bylaw would also require applicants to certify their compliance with the Massachusetts law that requires firearms, rifles, and shotguns to be stored in locked containers or to be similarly secured.
ARTICLE 28. Citizen Petition To see if the Town will vote to accept a bylaw for an assault weapon ban that reads, whoever possesses an assault weapon or a large capacity feeding device shall pay a fine of $300 for each day such assault weapon or large capacity feeding device is possessed within the Town. The possessor of an assault weapon or a large capacity feeding device shall pay a separate fine for each assault weapon and each large capacity feeding device. The term “assault weapon” and “large capacity feeding device” shall have the meanings found in Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 140, section 121. The possession of an assault weapon or a large capacity feeding device is unlawful even if such assault weapon or large capacity was lawfully possessed on or before September 13, 1994. The effective date of this bylaw shall be September 1, 2016, or take any other action relative thereto. Massachusetts state law prohibits the possession of assault weapons and large feeding devices (defined as devices holding large amounts of ammunition) but provides an exception for assault weapons and large feeding devices lawfully possessed on September 13, 1994. This bylaw would eliminate this exception and prohibit all assault weapons and large feeding devices in Longmeadow. The effective date of September 1, 2016 would allow owners of assault weapons and large feeding devices falling within this exception
Lefties consider violent crime to be a legitimate career path, and armed victims to be an OSHA violation.
Are these people subject to citizen arrest? Seems like harassment at best.
They tried this crap when I lived in California years ago.
City ordinances at that time were struck down by the courts who said only the state government could make such laws, not cities, municipalities or county governments.
Don’t know if the same situation would apply to the People’s Republic of Massachusetts.
I notice that there is no exemption for law enforcement. It says “ANYONE” so if a police officer carries their weapon into a building owned by the City, or walks on the sidewalk, or if the police department has any AR-15’s with large capacity magazines, then the individual police office would have to be fined and the city would have to fine itself because it owns all the weapons.
Meanwhile, this b*tch has Secret Service protection 24/7.
Wasting their time.
Expect more of this as a chance of eliminating rights through the US Supreme Ct becomes a possibility. These people believe they transformed the US into a socialist state over the past decades and enjoy seeing how far they can go with the next infringements. They believe they need to formalize the removal of the remainder of our rights and are confident they will control everything in time.
What kind of idiots live in that town?
The British redcoats can have MA back. The people there no longer value what their forebears bought with blood.
Title 18 sec 242
Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
FILE FORMAL CRIMINAL CHARGES against All Involved and then FILE Federal Lawsuit for Damages.
Some of the Finest Idiots, I assure you!
“What kind of idiots live in that town?”
It’s 95% White.
Well, this is my town. I guess I know what I am doing on May 10th.
I know that most of the rules apply to the entire state. Except Boston. They have more stringent rules.
Actually, Longmeadow is one of the most conservative towns in this part of the state. This is clearly a soccer mom proposal.
It’s about 99% white. I laughed at my kids when they could name ALL of the black kids in the high school. I had more black kids in my gym class than they had in heir school.
Wow, the police are going to have to pay a lot of money from this.
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