...The number of firearms licenses issued in Massachusetts (click here) has climbed by more than one-third in the past five years, a marked shift in a state known for its antigun reputation....
This is a faux sense of safety. The more people owning guns the more people will buy guns to protect themselves from people already owning guns. This is exponential growth. It is palpable and hideously stupid.
The reason this is stupid?
Because owning guns doesn't change the opinion of the citizens for gun control.
The citizen is purchasing weapons out of what they perceive as NECESSITY. Like purchasing groceries, now the list of necessary appliances in the home is at least one non-hunting gun.
This dynamic in the country is stupid.
This is a faux sense of safety. The more people owning guns the more people will buy guns to protect themselves from people already owning guns. This is exponential growth. It is palpable and hideously stupid.
The reason this is stupid?
Because owning guns doesn't change the opinion of the citizens for gun control.
The citizen is purchasing weapons out of what they perceive as NECESSITY. Like purchasing groceries, now the list of necessary appliances in the home is at least one non-hunting gun.
This dynamic in the country is stupid.
Boston police report seizing more than 500 illegal guns in 2012, including several of type used in Newtown, Conn., massacre (click here)
It is a vicious cycle the federal legislature has an OBLIGATION to end. It is time for governance and not political pandering and plutocratic domination of our country.
By Martine Powers, Globe Staff
12/19/2012 4:10 PM
By Martine Powers, Globe Staff
12/19/2012 4:10 PM
...Four Bushmaster assault rifles, eight Glock handguns, and three Sig Sauer handguns — weapons similar to those used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting — were seized, officials said.
At a press conference at Boston police headquarters this afternoon, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said there is a need for “common-sense laws’’ to prevent tragedies like Newtown in the future.
“These types of weapons have only one purpose – to kill a large number of people quickly,’’ said Davis. “They have no place in our communities.”
Davis said ownership of firearms must be closely monitored and that there must be thorough background checks before people are given permissions to buy and own firearms....
I recommend a General Strike across the USA of parents and their children to move the federal legislature forward. I am quite sure there are organizers at the ready to make it happen.
I recommend a General Strike across the USA of parents and their children to move the federal legislature forward. I am quite sure there are organizers at the ready to make it happen.
