For those who don’t know, Springfield is a third world ^%$hole and has been for decades.
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ma/springfield/crime
Yep, it's been infiltrated by people who do not want to assimilate into normal life.
I love near Springfield. Some parts of the city, particularity to the East are safe areas. Also, for the most part near MGM/MassMutual center is safe, just don’ stray too far out of that zone.
It's only 32% white. And that is why they want to deny permits.
They know if a white crime victim blows away a non-white criminal, it will cause "civil unrest", and they want to avoid that. They would rather do the paperwork on dead victims.