The boy, who police did not identify because of his age, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, receiving a stolen vehicle, and possession of a gun without a firearms identification card. [More]
Petty misdemeanors I can go along with. But major deviance like this, the public has a right to know who the little reptile is.
[Via Edmund M]
This being Massachusetts, the charge of possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner ID card tells me that the firearm was not a pistol or revolver. Those firearms require a Massachusetts issued License to Carry Firearms which costs more, requires more hoops to jump through and are not available to juveniles. But then again, the same could be said about driver’s licenses.