Large-Capacity Gun Permits Soar in Lexington
See how many gun permits were issued in Lexington over the past five years.
The Beretta 92 pistol. The SPAS-12 shotgun. These are examples of the types of large-capacity firearms for which permits have increased more than 29 percent in Lexington since 2008, according to state records. Ownership permits for smaller-capacity firearms have remined more or less flat -- except for mace, which has doubled. 'Large-capacity' firearms are defined by the state of Massachusetts as semi-automatic handguns or rifles with the capacity of more than 10 ammunition rounds in their magazines and shotguns capable of having more than five shells. The numbers have emerged as state and federal officials have recently proposed new gun restrictions, and imposed others, in the wake of the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in …
Aron Levy
9:08 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Joe, Amendments are decided upon by votes, and judicial review is decided upon by judges. If you have an issue with that, take it up with Marbury v Madison. And it is a well-proven fact that houses with guns are targets for larceny. Where do you think all of those 'burglars carrying guns [because they definitely want to see their possible sentences automatically doubled or tripled. RIGHT!]' get … more ›