If you live in the Boston area and feel you need a firearm, forget it

This all came to mind while thinking of people in the Boston area afraid of carjacking and home hostage situations. Think of the security the bomber must feel there is not much chance of encountering a person who is carrying a weapon.

/jeffdanziger/

Boston Globe  "In 1998, Massachusetts passed what was hailed as the toughest gun-control legislation in the country. Among other stringencies, it banned semiautomatic “assault” weapons, imposed strict new licensing rules, prohibited anyone convicted of a violent crime or drug trafficking from ever carrying or owning a gun, and enacted severe penalties for storing guns unlocked."
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"But the law that was so tough on law-abiding gun owners had quite a different impact on criminals.

"Since 1998, gun crime in Massachusetts has gotten worse, not better. In 2011, Massachusetts recorded 122 murders committed with firearms, the Globe reported this month — “a striking increase from the 65 in 1998.” Other crimes rose too. Between 1998 and 2011, robbery with firearms climbed 20.7 percent. Aggravated assaults jumped 26.7 percent."

MIT Students Post Moving Tributes To Police Officer Murdered By Islamic Terrorists… 
"MIT has identified the officer shot and killed on Thursday evening as Patrol Officer Sean A. Collier, 26, a native of Somerville, Mass.
"Collier responded to a disturbance on campus and died Thursday night after two men fired gunshots at his vehicle. Collier was shot several times in his vehicle around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. [...]"