Posted on 03/07/2018 6:33:11 AM PST by MarvinStinson
As the typical anti-gunner would say “You can’t tell me...”.
Massachuttes, the state where loyalist accumulated during the westward expansion, leads the nation in pressure cooker murders
Which at the time was already Federal law.
imposed strict new licensing rules,
That only law abiding persons followed, who were also unlikely to commit crime in the first place
prohibited anyone convicted of a violent crime or drug trafficking from ever carrying or owning a gun,
Again, already Federal law and still is
and enacted severe penalties for storing guns unlocked.
Which does little to reduce crime.
Hey Mass, how about actually prosecuting those caught using a firearm during the commission of a crime, instead of plea-bargaining those charges away?
The Bartley-Fox Law (also known as the Bartley-Fox Amendment) is a Massachusetts law that sets a one-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone found to be illegally carrying a firearm. It was passed by the Massachusetts General Court in 1974 and took effect in April 1975.
My understanding is that judges didn’t like the “mandatory” part and it goes largely unenforced.
“Massachusetts probably has the toughest laws on the books, but what happens is people go across borders and buy guns and bring them into our state,” rationalizes Boston Mayor Tom Menino. “Guns have no borders.”
No, they do not because again this is against Federal law for handguns.
Correct because it became just another reason to put young black men in prison.
Massachusetts is a state where the politicians and “do-gooders” struggle to pass laws that they KNOW will be obeyed by the law-abiding vast majority.
Later they have many reasons and explanations as to why the “SOLVED” problem has gotten worse. Naturally there are many reasons for the failure, but “THEY TRIED to DO SOMETHING!”
But, but, we must do... something!
Of course this is nonsense because the states where these guns are supposedly coming from don't have nearly the gun crime Mass. does.
Yup.
Liberals always have excuses when their policies don’t quite work out as intended.
Why does crime rocket in gun control meccas? Good question.
OMG ! NO! ,D’oh
The use of present tense caught my eye. This is a good article -- from 2013. Menino is currently dead and not actively rationalizing anything.
Undeterred by results, gun grabbing laws proliferate. They always rationalize the failure of gun laws, but are unable to predict it. Once enacted, the laws are NEVER repealed. It’s a classic slippery slope.9
Indeed. But they can buy in another state and have them transferred to a MA gunshop with an FFL. But the item MUST not be in violation of any MA restrictions; 10 round magazine max, no flash suppressors, no folding stocks, no bayonet mounts, no grenade launchers, etc.
Once the criminals run of states they will turn to the black market. Drugs have been illegal for decades and the drug trade is roaring ahead.
“Why does crime rocket in gun control meccas? Good question.”
Because those democrat controlled areas are overrun with scum.
The libtards never want to enforce the gun control they demand because, God forbid, should it work there is no further reason for gun control.
Serfs deserve no better than what their masters allow them.
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