Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Medford chief was a guest of Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian.
Medford Police Chief Leo Sacco, Jr. was one of several local police chiefs who attended a White House press conference Tuesday urging lawmakers to pass reforms to curb gun violence. Sacco was invited to attend by Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, who also attended. Law enforcement officials from across the country attended the press conference where Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder called for new measures aimed at reducing gun violence. “It was an honor to join my colleagues as the Vice President and the Attorney General called on Congress to act,” said Koutoujian in a statement. “I believe the common-sense measures offered by President Obama – including requiring background checks for all gun purchases – …
Friday, March 15, 2013
Mayors Against Illegal Guns ad also features Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and several other Massachusetts mayors.
Medford Mayor Michael McGlynn was one of several Bay State mayors included in a recent public service announcement for Mayors Against Illegal Guns. According to the city website, McGlynn and the other mayors are asking Congress to take immediate action to curb gun violence in America. Here is more from the website: Mayors Against Illegal Guns has released a PSA featuring 30 mayors demanding that Congress take immediate action to prevent gun violence. The PSA marks a transition in the coalition's campaign from demanding a plan to demanding that Congress take action to pass legislation to require background checks for all sales, limit military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and make gun trafficking a federal crime. The …
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Some blame out-of-state guns brought from New Hampshire and Maine.
Despite it's relatively strong gun laws, Massachusetts has seen a rise in the number of firearm-related injuries over the past decade, according to the Boston Globe. In particular, murders involving guns have gone up (188 percent), but so have aggravated assaults (26.7 percent), armed robberies (20.7 percent) using guns. The leap in these types of crime has occurred even as Massachusetts tightened its gun laws in 1998, including a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons, tougher licensing requirements and stricter rules on how guns are stored. Some are attributing the rise to the high number of guns brought in from out of state, especially from New Hampshire and Maine, which don't require a permit to buy a gun. "Those states alone accounted…
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Upset
9:45 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Hey,did you see "The Office" tonight? Did you see what happen to Andy? Now that not bad for a gun, His office co-worker put him to sleep,of course he s a very big guy and he had a high blood pressure,he got up alive and well after that.! It like a type of gun to put wild animal to sleep and get well after.Change the bullets to sleeping medications!! more ›