"For the most part, nobody in the city needs a shotgun..."
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jrt_ms1995
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Somebody should have asked what "need" had to do with anything.
Hijinx
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Evans went on to restate his position that he ultimately wants to have "discretion" over who is allowed to have a shotgun or rifle.
That's pretty much what we have here in Maryland. The head of the State Police has discretion over who can have a handgun license.
Now this clown in Boston wants to be the sole authority over who can own a shotgun.
Just becasue one lives in the city it dos not mean that they do not go places to hunt, or to fire at targets or go skeet shooting at a proper place.
Where does it say in the Constitution that some d!ckhead cop has the right to his sole discretion of who owns a weapon?
RPMDAD
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Chris it is just not Boston, it is actually the whole state.
Massachusetts police chiefs rally for right to control long-gun permits
Police chiefs in Massachusetts are blasting state lawmakers for shooting down a provision that would have given them sole discretion over who can get hunting rifle or shotgun permits, regardless of criminal records.
The Bay State, which has some of the nation's toughest gun laws, has long left it up to a community's top cop to sign off on handgun permits. Lawmakers were considering extending that to include the Firearms Identification Card, or FID, needed to possess long guns. But lawmakers, leery of the constitutionality of the law, which critics say can result in law-abiding citizens being denied their Second Amendment rights, have stripped a proposed bill of that provision. This week, police chiefs from throughout the state and gun control advocates converged on the Statehouse in Boston to blast state senators for removing the provision.
“Our position is really very, very simple,” said Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. “We, as an association, believe that it’s unconscionable that if we determine a person is unsuitable to carry a handgun, that they can then turn around and apply for a Firearms Identification Card, which allows them, by law, to purchase rifles and shotguns. And there’s no way we can impose any restrictions on that. It just doesn’t make sense.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...tes-at-odds-over-discretion-in-massachusetts/
Massachusetts police chiefs rally for right to control long-gun permits
Police chiefs in Massachusetts are blasting state lawmakers for shooting down a provision that would have given them sole discretion over who can get hunting rifle or shotgun permits, regardless of criminal records.
The Bay State, which has some of the nation's toughest gun laws, has long left it up to a community's top cop to sign off on handgun permits. Lawmakers were considering extending that to include the Firearms Identification Card, or FID, needed to possess long guns. But lawmakers, leery of the constitutionality of the law, which critics say can result in law-abiding citizens being denied their Second Amendment rights, have stripped a proposed bill of that provision. This week, police chiefs from throughout the state and gun control advocates converged on the Statehouse in Boston to blast state senators for removing the provision.
“Our position is really very, very simple,” said Wayne Sampson, executive director of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association. “We, as an association, believe that it’s unconscionable that if we determine a person is unsuitable to carry a handgun, that they can then turn around and apply for a Firearms Identification Card, which allows them, by law, to purchase rifles and shotguns. And there’s no way we can impose any restrictions on that. It just doesn’t make sense.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...tes-at-odds-over-discretion-in-massachusetts/
Hijinx
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For the most part America does not need a police Chef with sole discretion to deny someone their 2nd. Amendment rights.