But yesterday, the state's top judge signaled that Sutter may have overstepped his authority by using a law designed to hold dangerous defendants in domestic violence cases against anyone arrested for illegally carrying a gun. [More]
David, Thanks for the heads up. I just left a comment over on the article page about how not everyone who carries or owns a gun got it while they lived there and that they may just want to protect themselves. It amazes me that people wouldn't think that someone might bring a handgun with them when the moved from somewhere else. Keep up the great work!
Still can't find crime statistics past 2005 for Fall River. It would be a shame if the new policy was both unconstitutional and ineffective, wouldn't it?
David,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up. I just left a comment over on the article page about how not everyone who carries or owns a gun got it while they lived there and that they may just want to protect themselves. It amazes me that people wouldn't think that someone might bring a handgun with them when the moved from somewhere else.
Keep up the great work!
Still can't find crime statistics past 2005 for Fall River. It would be a shame if the new policy was both unconstitutional and ineffective, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteMy understanding is that the FRPD stopped reporting crime figures after 2005
ReplyDeleteSee MArooned's blog on this subject http://stuckinmassachusetts.blogspot.com/2009/01/overstepping-bounds.html