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Massachusetts Gun Essay: Writing Component Added To Concealed Carry Permit Approval In Lowell [View all]
Massachusetts Gun Essay: Writing Component Added To Concealed Carry Permit Approval In Lowell
January 25, 2016
Tara Dodrill
A new Massachusetts gun permit essay rule has Second Amendment supporters seeing red. Gun owners in the state must now write an essay which will be “graded” for approval by the police chief before a carry permit can be issued. A hefty firearms training price tag up to $1,100 will also be levied against those attempting to exercise their right to bear arms in the city of Lowell.
Lowell, Massachusetts, is located about 35 miles north of Boston and is home to some 110,000 people. The gun essay law was the brainchild of Police Chief William Taylor and approved by the city council. Applicants for an “unrestricted” handgun permit have to detail in writing why they should be granted the Second Amendment credentials. Chief Bill Taylor has sole authority when it comes to deciding which gun permit essays make the grade.
Lowell resident Dan Gannon addressed the members of city council who passed the gun restriction unanimously. The gun control law is slated to take effect later this week.
“I will never write an essay to get my rights as an American citizen,” Gannon said.
“If you want a license to carry a firearm unrestricted wherever you want and whenever you want, the superintendent is just looking for some documentation as to why,” Captain Crowley said. “That is not unreasonable to most people.”
http://www.inquisitr.com/2738038/massachusetts-gun-essay-mandates-writing-component-to-concealed-carry-permit-approval-in-lowell/
January 25, 2016
Tara Dodrill
A new Massachusetts gun permit essay rule has Second Amendment supporters seeing red. Gun owners in the state must now write an essay which will be “graded” for approval by the police chief before a carry permit can be issued. A hefty firearms training price tag up to $1,100 will also be levied against those attempting to exercise their right to bear arms in the city of Lowell.
Lowell, Massachusetts, is located about 35 miles north of Boston and is home to some 110,000 people. The gun essay law was the brainchild of Police Chief William Taylor and approved by the city council. Applicants for an “unrestricted” handgun permit have to detail in writing why they should be granted the Second Amendment credentials. Chief Bill Taylor has sole authority when it comes to deciding which gun permit essays make the grade.
Lowell resident Dan Gannon addressed the members of city council who passed the gun restriction unanimously. The gun control law is slated to take effect later this week.
“I will never write an essay to get my rights as an American citizen,” Gannon said.
“If you want a license to carry a firearm unrestricted wherever you want and whenever you want, the superintendent is just looking for some documentation as to why,” Captain Crowley said. “That is not unreasonable to most people.”
http://www.inquisitr.com/2738038/massachusetts-gun-essay-mandates-writing-component-to-concealed-carry-permit-approval-in-lowell/
I love that little bit of misrepresentation in the last paragraph above:
"unrestricted wherever you want and whenever you want"
Uh huh.
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