Alphecca

Yet another example of the 100's of layers of fact checking in the MSM at work. In CO. it usually takes about 20 minutes to get okayed for a gun purchase.

Reasons to hate Massachussets, Part 300000000

Hey, I didn't have to do that 5-day wait thing in Michigan.

Fricken Massholes (apologies to Jay G and Bruce of course, while I write this from the disarmed Peoples Republik of New Jersey)

That article just makes me seethe. Massachusetts has turned their state into a criminal loving hell hole and not being content to screw up their patch of the earth, they have to come and try and screw with other states that work perfectly fine. The crime rates are low in NH, VT and ME and all three have gun laws that are about the most in sync with the Constitution. I already spend a lot of money not to live in that hell hole of a state and I will be go* da*ned if I sit idly by while those Massholes try to pull my adopted state down into the rat infested soup that they helped create.

"In Massachusetts, in addition to passing the background check, a resident who wants a handgun must also pay $100 for a state-issued permit."

$100 is the downpayment for a gun license for (non-politically connected) Boston residents.

This story has more holes than my spaghetti colander.

And as Bruce will no doubt attest, there is no five day waiting period in Massachusetts. It takes about half an hour to fill out the paperwork, and the gun comes home with you the same day.

Ignorant fucking hoplophobes.

Once again it's Mumbles blaming someone else for his incompetence. This is the same Mayor that blamed the increase in crime on Federal cutbacks. No matter what, he will find someone else to blame, and as long as the sheeple keep electing him it won't change.

My letter to the Globe reporter responsible for this misinformation:

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Maria:

Anybody with an Massachusetts Firearms Identification ("FID") can walk into a sporting goods store, and within minutes walk out with a handgun and ammunition. There's no 5-day waiting period. Some states, like CA, have a waiting period. Most states do not, Massachusetts included.

We use the same system firearms dealers in all 50 states use, the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). This applies to VT, NH, and ME. This system has been in place since passage of the Brady Act in 1993. If firearms recovered by the BPD can be traced using NICS data, the information should be, and has been, given to the FBI and the ATF. It's a federal crime to act as a "straw man", so somewhere along the chain of ownership a crime has been committed. What has been the outcome of those investigations? Did you ask? Does anyone care?

If some recovered weapons are "untraceable", how possibly can anyone pinpoint their source of origin, as you indicate city officials do, and blame other New England states? You base your premise on the anecdotal say-so of a former drug dealer. "I know one person..." is not proof.

Looking "at some strategies to strengthen our state borders" is a ridiculous and blame-shifting statement which you let go unchallenged. Perhaps if the 26-year old former drug dealer, who you depend upon for "evidence," faced severe jail time instead of volunteering "with a Dorchester group that helps at-risk youth," he might have been willing to testify against the person breaking federal firearms laws by illegally purchasing weapons, and transferring them across state lines. (Try researching how the city of Richmond, VA, used these federal laws to strengthen their gun crime conviction rates.)

You should do a follow-up piece to see if Larry Mayes, the city's chief of human services, is stopping vehicles coming into Massachusetts via 93 and 95, and checking their trunks.

Sincerely,

xxxx