EEK! Scary guns in Massachusetts...RUN!
Seems that Christmas came early for the Asland Police Department courtesy of money seized during drug busts.
I wonder if they plan on assigning a police officer to every family in Ashland in the event of such an attack to protect them. Or maybe the terrorists will be issuing a six-month advance notice before they attack so that the citizens of Ashland can go through the state's burdensome licensing process to buy their own Bushmasters. Seems to me that the state would want its citizens to own such an effective anti-terrorist tool.
The police certainly endorse them for this purpose.
But it's impossible for criminals in Massachusetts to have such weapons...they're illegal. How can that be? Have they no respect for the law?
So, the "scary looking" "assault rifle" is safer to use in certain self-defense situations than a shotgun might be. But Sarah Brady, Dianne Feinstein, et al keep telling me that these weapons are designed solely to kill a lot of people in as little time as possible.
And to think, John Kerry went out of his way to make sure he got his picture taken while hunting with one of these "lead-spraying street-sweepers". What was he thinking? What about the CHILDREN, John?
No such luck for the people looking to make that choice. For some reason, our leaders on Beacon Hill insist that a law-abiding citizen with a Bushmaster in his gun safe is a bigger threat to society than a violent street criminal armed with a .22 pistol.
ASHLAND -- Police officers will soon be able to choose between the shotguns they normally carry in their cruisers, and new military-style rifles the chief says are needed in case of a terrorist attack.
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The department bought 10 Bushmaster .223 caliber semiautomatic carbines, which look like the M-16 rifles used by the military. Melnick also bought 36 new .40 cal Glock semiautomatic handguns. The Glocks will replace the officers' Smith & Wesson handguns, which the chief said are old and some are malfunctioning.
I wonder if they plan on assigning a police officer to every family in Ashland in the event of such an attack to protect them. Or maybe the terrorists will be issuing a six-month advance notice before they attack so that the citizens of Ashland can go through the state's burdensome licensing process to buy their own Bushmasters. Seems to me that the state would want its citizens to own such an effective anti-terrorist tool.
The police certainly endorse them for this purpose.
Melnick and other area police chiefs said the rifles are more accurate, hold more ammunition and shoot farther. As criminals become better-armed, so must police, they said.
But it's impossible for criminals in Massachusetts to have such weapons...they're illegal. How can that be? Have they no respect for the law?
Marlborough Police have two semiautomatic rifles, and Leonard said he would like to get more once more officers are trained to use them. Southborough, meanwhile, is looking into buying rifles to replace its shotguns, according to Police Chief William H. Webber.
The shotguns, Webber said, could be dangerous to bystanders if, for example, there was an incident at the commuter rail station in town that required officers to shoot a criminal.
So, the "scary looking" "assault rifle" is safer to use in certain self-defense situations than a shotgun might be. But Sarah Brady, Dianne Feinstein, et al keep telling me that these weapons are designed solely to kill a lot of people in as little time as possible.
And to think, John Kerry went out of his way to make sure he got his picture taken while hunting with one of these "lead-spraying street-sweepers". What was he thinking? What about the CHILDREN, John?
"I think based on what I know it would be best to give officers out on the street the option of which weapon to use," Melnick said.
No such luck for the people looking to make that choice. For some reason, our leaders on Beacon Hill insist that a law-abiding citizen with a Bushmaster in his gun safe is a bigger threat to society than a violent street criminal armed with a .22 pistol.
