Newton residents speak out on proposed gun store rules
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated May 11, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
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Newton officials and many residents are fighting a proposed gun shop at 709 Washington St. in Newtonville.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Dozens of Newton residents weighed in Monday night on proposed rules to regulate gun stores and other firearms businesses, some making passionate cases to city officials about the role gun ownership and the Second Amendment should play in the city.
The zoning rules for firearms dealers, proposed late last month by Fuller and all 24 city councilors, would impose strict limits on the location and operation of firearms dealers, gunsmiths, and gun ranges
April 22, 2021 | 7:02 PM
Elected officials and residents in Newton are banding together to oppose an effort to open a gun shop in the city.
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The controversy over the proposed business at 709 Washington St. in Newtonville erupted last week, when concerned residents began contacting city councilors over the issue, according to WHDH.
An online petition to stop the shop, Newton Firearms LLC, from opening had more than 6,871 signatures as of Thursday evening, with organizers expressing worries that the proposed location is on the same block as an ice cream shop and less than a mile from five schools, including Newton North High School.
Opposition grows over proposed gun shop in Newton: âA gun store will make us all less safe.â
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 Newtonâs 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.