Thursday, April 4, 2013
Protesters urged lawmakers not to pass Gov. Patrick's proposed gun control bill.
Taking aim at Democrats, the media and others they say are attacking the Second Amendment, hundreds of gun rights activists gathered on the Boston Common Wednesday afternoon to rally to fight a bill that would tighten gun control. "Every time the government passes new gun control laws it creates a problem," Ying Li, an engineer who participated in the 1989 pro-democracy protests centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square, told the crowd. The rally was organized by the Gun Owners' Action League and was partly in response to new gun control measures being considered at the State House, including Gov. Deval Patrick's bill to limit firearm purchases to one a month, reduce access to high-powered rounds of ammunition and require background checks…
Monday, April 1, 2013
Wellesley Police publish a video news update on the website, covering local topics.
The safest town in America, and a meeting with a congressman make up the latest update from the Wellesley Police Department. The latest WPD Web News Update (see videos, right) focuses on two major topics: the town being ranked 15th safest in the country, and Chief Terrence Cunningham meeting with Congressman Joseph Kennedy III. The first minute of the video focuses on a recent study on Neighborhood Scout indicates that, thus far in 2013, Wellesley ranked 15 out of the top 100 safest communities nationwide. The town has moved up from from 19th place in 2012. The odds of falling victim to a crime in Wellesley are in 1 in 7271, compared to the Massachusetts-wide odds of 1 in 233. The second half of the video catches up with Chief …
Friday, March 22, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns airing ad featuring Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham and other law enforcement professionals.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns recently released an ad featuring a number of law enforcement professionals, including Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham. Chief Cunningham spoke in Washington earlier in the year with the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence to call on congress to put an end to gun violence. He also met with the President on the same subject. He issued the following statement with the ad: Background checks are not only a preventative measure to stop criminals from obtaining deadly weapons – they’re also a critical law enforcement tool that help us solve crimes and keep our streets safe. Police officers across the country are risking their lives every day to protect our communities from the …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wellesley Police Chief and a number of law enforcement groups came together in Washington, D.C. to speak on gun control.
Yesterday, Mr. Cunningham went to Washington. Correction: Chief Cunningham went to Washington. Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham, speaking as Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), joined a number of other law enforcement officers in Washington, DC. The group was calling on Congress to enact several gun control measures. In the D.C. press conference yesterday, Cunningham said, “In the years since the terrorist attacks of 2001, over 300,000 American lives have been lost to gun violence. That is more than 70 lives a days. 70 families that have been devastated by the loss of loved one. A parent deprived of their son or daughter, a spouse deprived of their partner or a child deprived of their …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Chief Terrence Cunningham among 25 law enforcement leaders gathering this week to demand stronger gun laws.
Chief Terrence Cunningham, who is also Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), is among the law enforcement leaders who will be calling on Congress to take action on gun control, according to a press release (below). A total of 25 representatives of the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence will come together for a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to call on congress to, According to the release, "Law enforcement supports these measures because they know from experience they will prevent dangerous people from acquiring firearms and prevent weapons designed for war from inflicting the devastating carnage seen too often in communities all across America." Cunningham joins …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The governor unveiled legislation Wednesday to strengthen gun laws in Massachusetts while increasing funding for mental health services. Sensible or reactionary?
Are new proposed laws regarding guns in Massachusetts and mental health services sensible and pragmatic steps, or reactionary 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, among other things: Punishments for crimes involving guns would also sharpen, with tiered punishments for possessing different weapons on school property and giving police the authority to arrest without…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Does the massacre at Newtown, CT, signal the need for a political debate on gun regulations?
Before officials had even held their first press conference Friday, Facebook was abuzz with status updates about the Newtown, CT, massacre. The statuses were split between those sending their condolences and those asking if the country would finally deal with the issue of gun control. Some fought back, asking for respect and mourning before political debate began. Others remained fierce in their belief that stricter gun control regulations would have prevented such a mass killing, saying the victims were shot multiple times and with semi-automatic weapons, according to Fox News. The guns were not illegal and were, in fact, owned by the shooter's mother. Among them were a semi-automatic .223 caliber bushmaster rifle and two handguns. Those …
Monday, December 10, 2012
A Massachusetts gun owners group is lobbying for passage of a bill that would confer lifetime gun licenses — no renewals necessary.
Way too much red tape. That's the complaint of the Gun Owners’ Action League of Massachusetts, a group that is urging passage of a law that would abolish the requirement of having to renew a gun permit every six years, according to the Boston Herald. For comparison, Massachusetts vehicle drivers' licenses need to be renewed every five years. But the league says local police cannot keep up with timely gun permit renewals, and legitimate gunowners go license-less until the cops get time to do the paperwork. The law now allows 40 days for turning around license applications. In Boston, almost 1,000 people have applied for gun permits so far this year, with waits running about 10 weeks, the Herald quotes police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca …
Friday, August 24, 2012
A gunman opened fire this morning near the Empire State Building, the latest in this summer's gun carnage. What do you think the response should be?
Yet another one. In the most recent mass shooting this morning, police say a gunman opened fire just outside the Empire State Building in New York City just after 9 a.m. Sources told the New York Daily News a dispute erupted between co-workers at a business in the Empire State Building. They say the shooter casually walked away from the scene; witnesses pointed him out to the police and he was then shot dead by police. Earlier this month, a lone gunman — an Army veteran and labeled as a white supremacist — allegedly opened fire and killed six people and wounded three others at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He also was shot and killed by police. Possible involvement by others is still being investigated. Last month, a lone gunman …
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