Linsky Files Gun Violence Legislation; Eldridge Supports Passing Stronger Legislation
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 to …
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10:20 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Apparently, none of the above commentators know how much it costs the state to keep criminals in prison and the mentally ill in hospitals. It is also very difficult to lock an adult away in a mental institution -- as it should be. The relatives of gun owners who go on shooting sprees are generally not visibly crazy before they start killing people. We can lock up every odd teenage boy and pay for… more ›