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NH to Boston's Menino & Co.: Fuck Off!

A couple weeks ago I wrote about how Boston's Mayor Menino and city cops were complaining about the supposed flow of illegal guns from NH and other NNE states into Massachusetts and specifically Boston. Their gripe is that Vermont, NH, and Maine still observe (in varying degrees) the Second Amendment. Now the US Attorney for New Hampshire is firing back:

CONCORD, N.H. --The U.S. attorney for New Hampshire is firing back against charges that lax gun control laws in northern New England are partly responsible for an increase in gun crimes in Boston.

U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono told Foster's Sunday Citizen that's an "urban myth" that doesn't stand up to the facts.

Data collected by the federal "Project Safe Neighborhoods" show that most of the guns used in Massachusetts crimes come from within that state, Colantuono said. The data also show that fewer than 10 percent of the guns used in Massachusetts crimes come from New Hampshire; instead, Georgia is the top source of out-of-state guns.

Also, many of the guns traced back to New Hampshire were sold several years ago, belying Boston officials' claims that New Hampshire guns are contributing to a recent surge in shootings and other gun crimes, he said.

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Gov. John Lynch "does not believe we need any changes in our gun laws in New Hampshire," but would be willing to talk with Massachusetts officials and federal agents about better enforcement, said his spokeswoman, Pamela Walsh.

Menino and the whiny Boston cops should concentrate on their street gangs and stop trying to tell other states what laws to pass. Your problems are not ours and never will be because up here mutants are likely to face the business end of a gun.