Opposition grows over proposed gun shop in Newton: 'A gun store will make us all less safe.'

Opposition grows over proposed gun shop in Newton: ‘A gun store will make us all less safe.’
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 12:55 p.m.
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A stop work order was posted to the proposed gun shop at 709 Washington Street in Newton.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
In a vacant storefront in Newtonville, close to an ice cream shop, wine store, supermarket, and marijuana shop, a local businessman hopes to open Newton’s only gun store.
But in the days since news that Newton Firearms LLC would open its doors at 709 Washington St. became widely known, city officials and residents have banded together in full-throated opposition to the proposed store, which would be in the vicinity of many homes and several schools, including Newton North High School.

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