Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would tighten gun control laws in Massachusetts while increasing funding for mental health services and enhancing background checks. Is this sensible?
Are new proposed laws regarding guns in Massachusetts and mental health services sensible and pragmatic steps? Or are they knee-jerk measures that won't increase safety? Gov. Deval Patrick introduced new legislation Wednesday along those lines in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. "I am encouraged by the palpable consensus in our Legislature that the time for action is now. All of us must pull in the same direction to bring about real change in this state and across the country," Patrick said in a press release. The bill would require gun purchasers to undergo background checks at gun shows, reduce access to high-powered rounds of ammunition, and limit the number of weapon sales by licensed dealers to not more than one gun…
Threats on a school bathroom at the high school in Manchester-by-the-Sea threatened that everyone would die and there would be no mercy days after the Newton, Conn. school shooting.
A teenager from Danvers who attends Manchester-Essex Regional High School has been charged in connection with threats he allegedly scrawled on a boys room wall day after the school shooting in Newton, Conn., according to a report by the Salem News on Friday. Gabriel Lambert, 17, of 86 Collins St., was charged with threats, vandalism and disturbing a school. It allegedly occurred on Dec. 18 and he was arraigned on Thursday in Salem District Court, the News reported. Lambert plead not guilty and was ordered to stay away from the school, undergo a mental evaluation and be monitored by a GPS bracelet. Click to see the full report by the Salem News, including the text of the messages the teen reportedly wrote on the wall.
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5:46 pm on Friday, April 5, 2013
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