Another "Safe City" For You

Today's MGCSS/DHBA comes from the scenic town of Fall River, Massachusetts. And, boy, if this story doesn't exemplify the utter failure of the Commonwealth's gun control laws and the pathetic inability of our limp-dicked prosecutors and judges to keep violent felons off our streets, then nothing will. Rather than try to pull a few choice quotes, here's the whole thing.

Man Arrested In Fall River Bar Shooting

FALL RIVER, Mass. -- An alleged member of a violent Fall River street gang has been charged in the shooting of four people at a bar in an apparent drug turf war.

Nigel Vaughn, 19, was arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with one of the worst shootings in the city's recent history. Gunfire broke out at Larry's Sports Bar on Tuesday night, police said. Four people were hospitalized, one with critical injuries.

"We have never had so many people shot in one incident during my career here," Fall River Police Chief John M. Souza, who has been with the department since 1980, told The Herald News.

He said Vaughn opened fire because the victims were allegedly dealing crack cocaine inside the bar. "Mr. Vaughn felt as though he had a monopoly over who could deal drugs at the sports bar," Souza said.

Police described Vaughan as extremely dangerous and violent and said he is a member of the drug-trafficking Mafioso street gang. Three other alleged members of the gang were arrested Thursday night on unrelated drug and weapons charges.

Souza said Vaughn was the lone suspect in the bar shooting. He recently posted bail on weapons charges in Brockton, and has been arrested five times in the past six weeks.

He was scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning in District Court.

Yet, a law-abiding resident of Boston, with no criminal record, whatsoever, can go to police headquarters to apply for a License to Carry a Firearm (read: BUY a firearm) with the following documentation in hand:

1. Certificate from Firearms Safety Course
2. Completed license application
3. Check for $100 application fee
4. Copy of driver's license
5. Copy of gun range membership card
6. Copy of US passport
7. Copy of utility bill showing residence in Boston
8. Copy of receipt from purchase of a gun safe
9. Two-page letter stating reasons for requesting license, highlighting recent incidents of violent crime (rape, abduction, home invasion, and armed robbery) in his neighborhood.

And still be turned away for failing to provide a copy of his birth certificate, the requirement of which was never made known prior to the beginning of the application process. But these are just "common-sense" gun "safety" laws, right, Senator Barrios?



This sticker came in the mail yesterday. Needless to say, it's going on the Jeep at lunchtime today.