Just Another Thursday Night...

...in the land of the "most effective gun laws in the nation".

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From BPDNews.com: Daily Incidents for March 31, 2006

Both suspects, Williams and Alexander Burns, a 19-year-old Brighton resident, were apprehended and arrested on charges of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm...

The first suspect, a 16-year-old Dorchester resident, had a firearm in his pocket that the officer seized. ... was taken into custody for charges Delinquency to wit: Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.

The suspects, Cory Robinson, 19, of Roxbury, Jonathan Carter, 18, of Dorchester and Tyrone Shepherd, 21, of Dorchester were booked on charges of Assault and Battery by means of a Dangerous Weapon and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm.

The driver of the vehicle had a firearm in his front pocket that was seized and kept as evidence. ... The vehicle was towed and the suspect was arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm...

Police arrested Harry Williams, 35, of Mattapan and charged him with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Possession with Intent to Distribute Class D within 1000’ of a school zone.

Yaaaaawn.

But, surely, there must have been one gun control success story to play out on the streets of Mayor Menino's "safe city" yesterday.

While conducting Operation Home Safe last night on Hancock Street, officers observed two males fighting on the sidewalk. They observed one of the individuals lunge at the other with a knife, causing a stab wound.

Yeah, but again, it depends largely on your definition of "success".