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I know Samantha Bee wants a gun owner like me to be filled with rage over the latest episode of her show Full Frontal, but honestly, I’m glad she decided to devote an entire half-hour to elaborating on her thoughts about guns and the Second Amendment. After all, she did a bang-up job of demonstrating the utter futility and barely concealed bigotry of her anti-gun ideology, so I guess I should thank her and her Hollywood pals for her service in support of the right to keep and bear arms, even though it surely wasn’t intentional on her part.
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
UpdatedTue, May 11, 2021 at 11:48 am ET
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Monday was the first time residents had the chance to weigh in on the proposed zoning regulations the city council drafted in response to pushback on a possible gun shop opening in Newton. (Jenna Fisher/ Patch)
NEWTON, MA More than 500 people logged into a four-hour zoning meeting Monday night to hear about a controversial proposal that would strictly regulate gun shops in town.
The proposal was largely met with approval, though several residents asked for more strict regulations if not a ban. Several others argued against any regulation, calling the scramble for such hand wringing, and an infringement of rights.
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Ordinarily, a town council’s zoning meeting might draw one or two interested parties to attend, but for the most part, they’re fairly quiet and sedate affairs. That was definitely
not the case in Newton, Massachusetts, on Monday night, when about 500 people turned out to take part in a zoning meeting to discuss potential changes designed to block a gun store from opening up in town.
While most of those attending the virtual meeting were opposed to Newton Firearms opening for business in the town’s business district, supporters of the gun store were also on hand to provide a counterpoint to the hoplophobic arguments of opponents who are pushing for a blanket ban on gun shops.