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This Boston Herald article addresses a study that concludes Massachusetts ranks 47th in prosecuting felons who possess firearms:

Hundreds of people who lied on their applications for gun permits in Massachusetts and dozens of corrupt gun dealers have gone unpunished by federal officials, according to a blistering new study.

The study, commissioned by a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, ranks the Bay State a dismal 47th in the nation in prosecuting felons who possess firearms or who committed a violent felony with a firearm from 2000 to 2003.

Some 245 such felons were prosecuted in the state during that time – a low figure compared to other states per capita.

The report found that U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan’s office prosecuted just 12 of 505 Bay Staters caught lying on federal gun applications on criminal records, addresses or other information between 2000 and 2003.

The source comes later:

“Dirty dealers are a major source of crime guns,” said John Lacey, spokesman for the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation, which commissioned the study. “These are crimes that fall on the back of the federal government and they’re not prosecuting them.”

AGS is an anti-gun group. They hide behind the term safety but mean gun control. Regardless, Massachusetts gets an A- rating from the Brady Campaign. As such, you’d think that Massachusetts, using Brady logic, wouldn’t rank 47th. I suppose it’s a matter of the extent of the law. When you have more gun control laws than most other states, it’s probably hard to prosecute all (including the serious) cases.

Posted in uncategorized on October 6th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

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