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Massachusetts to limit access to guns, ammunition
Office of Govbernor Patrick ^ | 1/19/13 | Patrick

Posted on 01/18/2013 7:24:00 PM PST by pabianice

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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Defense contractors are getting hit now. I lost two guys today.


61 posted on 01/18/2013 11:28:37 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: pabianice

Not one word about gangs who push illegal drugs with the barrel of the gun.


62 posted on 01/19/2013 12:30:55 AM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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To: pabianice
Massachusetts: Birthplace Of Liberty

Massachusetts: Death Place Of Liberty


63 posted on 01/19/2013 1:55:38 AM PST by Iron Munro (I Miss America, don't you?)
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To: TheRhinelander; All
Do you know what an "armor piercing round" is?

How do they define it?

You may end up with no ammo for your grandfather's old 30/30.

64 posted on 01/19/2013 2:15:55 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: dhs12345

Well we know now what states the criminals will be doing thier business. Sadly the elitist politicians and thier families will be protected while the pee-ons will be restricted. Open season I would say! no? And the dopes who vote these idiots in continue to cut off thier nose inspite of thier face and get led to the slaughter, happily.


65 posted on 01/19/2013 3:02:17 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Lexington / Concord, America's first gun grab attempt)
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To: pabianice

“Reduce access to high-powered rounds of ammunition.”

What in the wide, wide world of sports does THAT mean? No 62gr .223? Only the 55? No hollowpoints? Only ball ammo for handguns (or semi wadcutters)?

The arrogance of the liberals knows no limits. We must stand firm on this attack on liberty; just as we must stand firm on the debt crisis, the pending immigration ‘reform’, and stopping the insidious march of 0bama’a signature achievement (0bamacare).


66 posted on 01/19/2013 5:07:38 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2013: Still seeking change.)
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To: Vermont Lt

When Papa Doc Obama starts handing out the cash, Baby Doc Deval is first at the trough.


67 posted on 01/19/2013 5:18:10 AM PST by DonGrafico (Enabling America's permanent underclass since 1975)
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To: TheRhinelander; cripplecreek

Conservatives are always welcome in the heartland. I just hope the people that move from liberal states don’t vote the same way as they did in their previous homes. That happens a lot, and I don’t get it. Isn’t that what they wanted to escape?

Texas and OK are great states! Yes, we have tornadoes, but it makes life more interesting. Buy a home with a storm shelter. If you can afford to be away from the big cities, try the hill country of Texas. College Station is a wonderful town - home of the Aggies! Louisiana has been moving in a more conservative direction of late, and the people there are very nice.

If heat, bugs, allergies, and tornadoes aren’t appealing, you could consider the “tundra” - Nebraska, the Dakotas, etc. The mountain states are beautiful but have been infected with liberals, particularly enviro-whackos.

I would certainly get out of the northeast if at all possible. Too bad we can’t send MA a bunch of the gang bangers that came our of New Orleans after Katrina. The people of MA might begin to understand the value of being able to protect themselves and their families.


68 posted on 01/19/2013 6:36:44 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“What’s left?”

Oklahoma; Louisiana is getting better; Nebraska; the Dakotas; Kansas and Missouri are possibilities, but not as conservative as the others. The western half of Iowa.

Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming are also pretty good if you can ignore the rich enviro-whackos.

Indiana used to be pretty conservative, but I don’t know how it is now.


69 posted on 01/19/2013 6:43:32 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: cripplecreek

Too bad about the festering boil known as Detroit. ;-)


70 posted on 01/19/2013 6:46:02 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Actually there is a lot of corporate land buying going on in Detroit including a serious move to buy Belle Isle to turn it into a tax free territory for corporations buying up the land on both shores of the river.

Detroit is no more Michigan than Austin is Texas.


71 posted on 01/19/2013 7:19:13 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: ronnie raygun

Unfortunately, people from those states move into our areas and bring with them their political beliefs.

They flee the crime and corruption and the “rat race” and they are too numb to understand that it was their liberal beliefs and the politicians that they elected that created the situation that they are fleeing.


72 posted on 01/19/2013 8:15:07 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: austinaero
I feel so bad for conservatives in Mass. That state is truly a lost cause. It’s not right!

Agreed. They should get their butts out of there. If they can leave and don't, they know what they'll get and one would have a hard time ginning up any sympathy for them.

73 posted on 01/19/2013 8:34:54 AM PST by OldPossum
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
We've been thinking Texas too, but I'm afraid of the immigrants over-running the place in the next 10 years. What's left?

It seems that on FR Texas is the number-one recommended destination. But what's wrong with the Deep South? Those states are just as conservative and do not have the immigration problem that Texas does.

Also, IMHO they have better weather.

74 posted on 01/19/2013 8:43:32 AM PST by OldPossum
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To: pabianice

“I am very pleased to hear of this additional funding to the Department of Mental Health...

So I can hire more unemployable relatives and contributors to no-show jobs”


75 posted on 01/19/2013 8:48:20 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: OldPossum
Also, IMHO they [Southern states] have better weather. I don't know about that. I've lived in Texas for most of my life and love the weather over here.

But I lived in Alabama for five years -- and I've got to tell you, I've also lived in Michigan and seen 30 below, yet I've never been so cold as I've been in Alabama at 40 degrees.

Working on an orchard floor in the damp chill was, literally, bone-chilling -- even with quilted overalls. It would take at least an hour back home, in front of the fireplace, to "warm your innards".

And a 95 degree day at 80% humidity might be even worse.

Give me "high and dry" any day...

76 posted on 01/19/2013 9:16:02 AM PST by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: okie01

I was in the Central High Lands in 1966. I froze mt A$$ off during the Winter Monsoon. Temperature around 40 Degrees.

I live in New England, NH, and it gets real cold up here and it never bothered me. Must be the hot summers.


77 posted on 01/19/2013 9:27:35 AM PST by Little Bill (A)
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To: cripplecreek

“Detroit is no more Michigan than Austin is Texas.”

Just poking a little fun at MI. All states have their burdens to bear. :-)


78 posted on 01/20/2013 5:45:24 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Pining_4_TX

I suggest a new motto for Detroit.

Detroit, at least we’re not Chicago


79 posted on 01/20/2013 6:00:23 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: pabianice
Reduce access to high-powered rounds of ammunition.

Who defines "high-powered"?

I am beyond p!$$ed about this.

Here is the letter I just sent to my rep and senator in MA:

Greetings,
 
I am a constituent of yours and reside in XXXXXXX, MA.
I have read Governor Deval Patrick's new proposal to further infringe on the rights of legal gun owners in Massachusetts;
"An Act To Strengthen and Enhance Firearms Laws in the Commonwealth"
 
There are a number of outrageous flaws and proposals in this legislation that the Governor has introduced.
Not the least of which is the proposal to limit ALL ammunition magazines to seven rounds.
Additionally it requires that owners of ten round magazines sell or dispose of them within a year after enactment.
This begs the question; To whom am I going to sell these magazines? They would be illegal to own.
I will not dispose of them unless Governor Patrick agrees to reimburse me for their cost.
 
I am writing you to state that I vehemently oppose this new proposal and ask that you vote against any such measure as introduced to the Legislature.
Massachusetts already has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation and none of them have done anything more than punish those who legally purchase and use firearms for sport, recreation and our God given right of self defense.
For Governor Patrick to introduce these measures to further criminalize and punish legal gun owners in Massachusetts is beyond unbearable.
It will do NOTHING to curb gun violence by those who have no regard for the rule of law in the first place.
It is also an atrocious insult to the citizens of this Commonwealth.
 
I am a 30 year resident of XXXXXXX, a long time member of the local Pistol and Rifle Club, an active member of GOAL and the NRA.
I have a great many friends and colleagues who feel as I do and are paying close attention to this latest assault on our constitutionally protected rights.
As such, I implore you to please oppose this particular legislation and any such future proposals
 
Thank you for your attention on this matter.

80 posted on 01/20/2013 7:55:44 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Humans have eliminated natural selection. Morons are now a protected species. They breed and vote.)
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