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They moved in, found there was a private range nearby, now they want it gone. And it's not just range noise, there are people with- oh no- ASSAULT WEAPONS and NFA arms! "We seek the following weaponry be prohibited by any non-owner of the property: military style weapons, semi-automatic weapons, or assault weapons capable of rapid firing, explosive targets or other binary explosive devices, high-caliber weapons, simulated automatic weapons or bump-fire stocks, and NFA weapons." This has been going on for a while. Their first attempt was shot down when they were told that since no laws were being broken,...

In June, SDTC discussed "solving the gun problem" by repealing the Second Amendment. Mr. Moeller had written a paper on the topic. They voted to put it online, linked above. From their online minutes: "Clark Moeller on repeal of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution defining gun ownership: Mr. Moeller submitted a 48 page document he prepared with title, “The Second Amendment Is the Problem”, which defines the problems associated in the U.S. with gun ownership and their history. It develops arguments for repeal of the Second Amendment as the only plausible route out of the dilemma of gun...

Making his way through Framingham High School's construction zone, Dan Devlen heads from the old, dark Flyer News television studio to its future: a new, more expansive headquarters in another school wing. The school's administrative media director said the new location will give the television production and live morning news program more breathing room, with a new studio, a classroom and office space. "I like to say that we've been working in the Millennium Falcon of Han Solo, and now we're moving into the Enterprise," Devlen said, describing the move to larger digs. "All brand new and nice, and I'm...

Recently, a group of Hudson High School students and parents have charged that some teachers at HHHS, specifically in the Social Studies department, are teaching with a liberal bias and stifling the conservative students' opinions. In addition, these students have criticized the administration for violating their commitment to allow students their First Amendment rights. This issue began with the creation of a Conservative Club at Hudson High School. The co-presidents of the new club, Chris Bowler and James Mellilo, hung posters around the school associating themselves with the High School Conservative Clubs of America (HSCCA), and included the Web site,...

March 7, 2000Daughter charged in hammer attack against motherBy JENNIFER ROSINSKI NEWS STAFF WRITER SHREWSBURY -- A 16-year-old girl is accused of attacking her mother with a hammer Sunday night, leading to her death this morning. Kathleen Thomsen-Hall of 15 Maple Circle, a psychiatrist, died this morning after spending two days in critical condition at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, authorities said. A nursing supervisor, who declined to give her name, said she did not know the cause of Hall's death. Hall's daughter, a student at Shrewsbury High School, was arrested by West Boylston police on Rte. 12 an ...

U.S. Code Search USC, About Database, Download USC, Classification Tables, Codification -CITE- 13 USC Sec. 221 01/05/99 -EXPCITE- TITLE 13 - CENSUS CHAPTER 7 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES SUBCHAPTER II - OTHER PERSONS -HEAD- Sec. 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers -STATUTE- (a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any ...

Clinton Holds Online 'Meeting' By ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A ``virtual town hall meeting'' featuring President Clinton online was patterned on citizen exchanges going back to the start of the nation, Clinton's spokesman said Monday. But the forum differed from a true town hall meeting in more ways than the novelty of having questioners linked by computer. Although Clinton and other officials could answer questions from Internet participants, there was no provision for a true back-and-forth. Organizers of the 90-minute session Monday night were screening the questions. Still, White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said the ...