Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban
Despite the ban having no effect on, well, anything, Mass. lawmakers are trying to maintain the status quo by passing a copycat of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban (which expires in September):
Citing inaction on the part of the Bush administration and the country’s “Republican Congress,” state Sen. Jarrett Barrios, D-Cambridge, said last month that the amendment would protect the state’s gun laws from changes in the federal weapons ban, which is scheduled to expire in September. Barrios, who made the comments during a meeting with News staff, co-authored the new amendment with state Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick.
When the federal law expires, “You’ll be able to go out and buy your Uzi at Kmart again,” said Barrios, Senate chairman of the Joint Committee on Public Safety.
Jarrett Barrios is a liar. Email him to let him know.
June 1st, 2004 at 10:13 pm
Jarrett Barrios is a liar. So what? E-mailing him about it will accomplish nothing except to warm his heart about all the gun nuts he’s upset. Don’t e-mail him, E-mail the local papers. All of them. Point out how poorly served the people of his district are to be represented by such a liar. Question his motives. Call him a wannabe dictator. But see if you can get a paper to print it. He already knows it, now tell his constituants.
From way out here where I sit, it looks like moral turpitude is a major selling point among Mass. politicians, but hey, you never know.
June 1st, 2004 at 11:09 pm
Excellent point, bill. But I do also prefer to confront the liars.
June 2nd, 2004 at 12:44 am
Hey, maybe Barrios is on to something. Just because he says “buying an uzi at k-mart” like it’s a bad thing, doesn’t mean it is a bad thing. Sounds downright convenient to me!