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Monday, August 6, 2012

Does Massachusetts Need More Gun Control?

Some of the state's top advocates for gun laws spoke at a press conference oN Thursday.

Do assault weapons and large ammunition clips need to be banned again in the U.S.? Advocates of expanding gun laws in Massachusetts, including some top law enforcement officials, spoke on the subject Thursday in Boston, according to the Boston Herald. Those who spoke at the Art Institute Boston included the State Public Safety Secretary, a State Police Major, Boston's Police Commissioner and the chairman of Stop Handgun Violence, a nonprofit that supports further gun control, according to the Herald. They asked Sen. Scott Brown and others in congress to end their opposition to a ban of assault rifles and high volume ammunition clips. A spokesmen for Brown told the Boston Globe that the Senator believes such control should be up to states. …

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