The bill looks to close loopholes in existing state laws, require mental health background checks, strengthen gun storage requirements and require liability insurance for gun owners.
The following is a press release sent by the office of state Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick. State Rep. David P. Linsky announced today that he has filed “An Act to Reduce Gun Violence and to Protect the Citizens of the Commonwealth,” comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation aimed at closing loopholes in existing state laws, requiring mental health background checks, strengthening gun storage requirements, and requiring liability insurance for gun owners. “This bill is a comprehensive effort to reduce all types of gun violence – murders, intentional shootings, accidental shootings and suicides. There is not one solution to reducing gun violence – we can’t eliminate it – but there are a lot of common-sense steps that we can take …
Warren is sponsoring three bills that would support gun control reform, a gun buyer background check, and making gun trafficking a federal crime.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and Senator Elizabeth Warren discussed gun violence prevention on Friday, championing reforms including a criminal background check on anyone buying a gun in the country. "Now is the time to turn words into actions, to line up supporters and to mobilize all Americans behind common sense gun reform," Menino said after walking to the podium with a cane at the Parkman House. Menino joked with Warren, calling her the "senior" senator of Massachusetts, then turned serious about three major points key to gun violence prevention: Warren said she's sponsored three bills being unveiled next week that support those three points. Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, is filing the Fix Gun Checks Act to close the gap in current …
7:07 am on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Gun insurance? Why not a poll tax also? How is insurance not the same - they both disenfranchise low-income citizens by adding a financial cost (which they may not be able to bear). Wouldn't gun insurance penalize the low-income citizens in the more dangerous parts of town? This would effectively remove their ability to self-defense to the people who really need it. Where do you think insurance … more ›
The Curley School eighth grader was shot last Friday in Roxbury on his way to church.
The Curley K-8 School community is rising in support of a 13-year-old who was the victim of gun violence last week. Gabriel Clarke, 13, was shot in the stomach on Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury Jan. 11 while on his way to meet his mother at 7th Day Adventist Church on Seaver Street, according to multiple media outlets. He’s recovering at Boston Medical Center. The Curley parent community is hosting a bake sale fundraiser on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school, according to a post on the school’s website. The school is asking people to donate baked goods, coffee, juice, water or their time. Proceeds will benefit the Clarke family through Gabriel Clarke’s recovery. Drop-off donations will be accepted …
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12:47 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013
I would like to thank The Curley Parent community : and to all those who particpat in giving of their time and donations:for the found raising on behalf of my son Gabtiel Clarke; We the Clarke family give you our thanks and our great appreciation :and continue to look forward with your help as Gabriel recovers : more ›
William Dawes
8:05 am on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
We are now in a period, like in the novel 1984, of endless war. More and more of our economy is propped up by the endless printing of fiat currency by the Federal Reserve, most of which goes to enrich the Financial Sector, which produces nothing. Many people probably think - this man is a Conservative Republican - but I am not. I have disdain and disgust for both the Democrats and the Republicans… more ›