Tag: Massachusetts

None Dare Call It Treason

Proposed Legislation ‘An All-Out Assault’ on Law and Order in Massachusetts – The proposal would … “ban police and court personnel from asking individuals about their immigration status.” [More]

Authorities really got off on the way the Tsarnaev Boston Marathon bombing gave them carte blanche to lock down and occupy and are just drooling for another excuse.

[Via Michael G]

Strong Hypocrisy Endangers Lives

The former aide of Gov. Maura Healey charged with cocaine trafficking can now post bail after a previous judge ordered him held without bail following a dangerousness hearing. [More]

You wanna talk about dangerous, how about the criminal underworld he enabled?

That and “illegally owning a firearm and ammunition” makes it pretty easy to understand why he helped her disarm the “law-abiding.”

[Via Edmund M]

We’re the Only Ones Bullied Enough

Report exposes culture of hazing and humiliation at Cape Cod police academy [More]

There’s truth to the observation that most bullies were bullied. So guess who they’re prepping these attack dogs for.

There’s also truth to another observation: No job is worth your dignity, and anyone who tolerates and submits to abuse will only ensure more of it.

[Via Edmund M]

Demand Commonsense Foot Safety Laws!

Staffer at Mass. school dies after assault by student, DA says – Amy Morrell, 53, was kicked in the chest while attempting to restrain a girl trying to leave a dorm building without permission, prosecutors said. [More]

With the scourge of foot violence it’s time we asked ourselves why civilians need assault feet, that is, extremities of war designed to quickly stomp people, and why anyone but police need patrol feet.

Looks like I need to add another trust criterion.

[Via Edmund M]

Mass. Hysteria

Three people were hospitalized after they were injured Saturday afternoon in a shooting in Mattapan, according to Boston police. [More]

Huh. We were just talking Boston and the Massachusetts Democrats who won’t let you defend yourself.

So why won’t the purveyors of “our democracy” let the people vote on that? And now Orwellian is “protect[ing] Mass. gun laws from upcoming ballot question” as opposed to protecting the right of citizens to vote on their own safety?

Looks like the violence monopolists succeeded– the measure didn’t make the list.

[Via Edmund M]

No Question About It

The effort calls into question whether or not Massachusetts’ firearm regulations for out-of-state visitors are unconstitutional. [More]

Let’s see what the Supreme Court already had to say about that:

It would give to persons of the negro race, …the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased, …to sojourn there as long as they pleased, to go where they pleased …the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went.

And everybody noticed they didn’t say a word about “permits.”

Funny, how even back then “give” was a thing…

[Via Edmund M]

There Once Were Some Dolts from Nantucket

Wealthy enclave’s sewage reveals higher than average cocaine levels in the water [More]

What, “overwhelmingly” Democrat Nantucket?

So, well-heeled “liberals” who vote for “gun control” help finance violent criminal terror cartels and employ criminal illegal aliens…? Reminds me of another overprivileged hypocrite I wrote about after he thoughtfully demonstrated the real world effects of his judgment.

Oregon would have said “Hold our beer” but they were too busy trying to gloss over their mess, not that stupid voters there would ever hold them accountable…

None Dare Call It Treason

In this bizarre and deeply flawed decision, the Court effectively said governments could ban every handgun make and model but one. [More]

And the cowards in the Senate approved Obama appointee Denise Jefferson Casper of Massachusetts by a voice vote.

[Via Jess]

Another ‘Commonsense Gun Safety’ Success Story

Man dies after being shot during confrontation at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, pond [More]

Wait… I thought “A-rated” Massachusetts had “some of the strongest gun laws in the country and leads the nation in investing in community violence intervention strategies…”

[Via Steve T]

Meanwhile, Over Where the Shot Heard Round the World was Fired…

SAF Challenges Non-Resident Carry Permit Process in Massachusetts [More]

Can you imagine explaining this to Samuel Adams?

[Via Jess]

ALSO from SAF:

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners secured a major victory today after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mandate overturning California’s “one-gun-per-month” restriction, setting a historic precedent.

I don’t see a link posted yet, but when it is you should be able to read the whole release here.

As the Amendments Fall

“The right to counsel is not a luxury,” said MACDL President Shira Diner. “It is a bedrock principle of our justice system, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and by Article 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. When people are jailed without lawyers, the system ceases to be just—or constitutional.” [More]

Let’s try this again with a few word substitutions:

“The right to arms is not a luxury. It is a bedrock principle of our system, guaranteed by the Second Amendment and by Article 17 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. When people are disarmed without being adjudicated with full due process and incarcerated, the system ceases to be just—or constitutional.”

[Via Edmund M]

We’re the Only Ones Keepin’ On Trucking Enough

Former Massachusetts state police sergeant found guilty of taking bribes to pass commercial drivers [More]

Lotta “Only Ones” posts today, no? Honest, I don’t go looking for these.

[Via Michael G]

As long as we’re talking about “Only Ones” in Massachussetts, WarOnGuns Correspondent Edmund M sends a reminder of our place:

https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-a-firearms-license

In a comment to article on boston.com on fraud within a Boston NPO, a reader recommended that others apply for a Massachusetts License to Carry Firearms (LTC) so that they could better exercise their right to self defense. A Massachusetts LTC is required to purchase or possess a firearm unless the gun owner is in transit through the state and has the firearm and ammo in a locked enclosure. Stop and stay? Felony arrest for possession of a firearm without a valid LTC with a possible mandatory one year minimum incarceration if found guilty. What is not obvious from the instructions is that a resident LTC is multi year while a nonresident LTC is for one year only. As a former Massachusetts resident who possessed and renewed a resident LTC several times, I know that that the right to keep and bear arms is not a right but a heavily taxed privilege with a higher rate of taxation for nonresidents. Even resident retired LEO possessors of a LEOSA issued license pay a tax, although at a discounted rate compared to other residents.

My friends and family in Massachusetts do not understand why I minimize my visits. Short of a SCOTUS decision that all licensing schemes by the various states are unconstitutional, null and void, I await Federal reciprocity legislation but fully expect Democrat Party controlled Massachusetts to pass some reactionary measures.

The government maintained site is defective as it does not specify that non-resident licenses are for one year only.

I do not recall that the U.S. Constitution with the Bill of Rights has so many categories for rights that in reality are taxable privileges at various rates that the government may or may not dispense once you pay the non-refundable tax. As a right, there should not be taxation or multiple categories of taxation. The majority of states already are in alignment with this by not requiring state or Commonwealth issued licenses or permits.

$100 per year is ornerous and is another argument for passage of reciprocity legislation at worst or for the SCOTUS to decide that all firearm licensing and permitting schemes are unconstitutional and thus null and void.

If any state or Commonwealth imposed these type of conditions, restrictions and fees before citizens were allowed to vote then there would be vigorous and loud opposition.

Forgetting Something?

SJC rules Massachusetts’ nonresident gun laws are legal after post-Bruen changes [More]

I take it no one argued Dred Scott…?

“It would give to persons of the negro race, who were recognised as citizens in any one State of the Union, the right to enter every other State whenever they pleased… and to keep and carry arms wherever they went.”

[Via Jess]

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