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Saturday, January 19, 2013

Local Police Chiefs Weigh In On Gun Violence

This week, Patch.com checked in with Lynnfield and Wakefield police chiefs to ask for their thoughts on the current debate over stopping gun violence.

Public officials from President Obama to Governor Deval Patrick to local state representatives are stepping forward to offer new proposals aimed at curbing gun violence these days. To gain some local perspective, this website checked in with Lynnfield Chief of Police David Breen and Wakefield Chief of Police Rick Smith. The president’s gun control proposals include things like background checks, a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips, and a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban that expired a few years ago. Chief Breen said that he had not fully reviewed the gun control proposals from the White House, but he expressed support for the assault weapons ban and also noted that the current proposals can only do so much. “I think most …

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marc bowlen

12:43 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The people need their guns, bushmasters, and magazine clips to defend their homes from the government when they send their cowboys that will try to take them when the people can no longer afford to be extorted with phony mandates (unconstituitional taxes healthcare mandates) and other schemes that the government will mandate to us in the future) the magazine clips will be needed to return fire to…   more ›

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