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.
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GOP Rep. McKenna re-ups effort to relax gun licensing checks
Katie Lannan
State House News Service
BOSTON State Rep. Joe McKenna, R-Webster, is again proposing a process that would allow Massachusetts residents to apply for firearms licenses during the COVID-19 pandemic without first getting fingerprinted, refiling legislation that did not gain traction at the tail end of last session.
McKenna s bill would allow local police chiefs or the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to temporarily waive the requirement that applicants for firearms identification cards and licenses to carry a firearm have their fingerprints taken for a background check, if they determine it s unsafe or unreasonable to collect prints.
Bill seeks to waive fingerprint check for gun licensing checks in Massachusetts
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
By Katie Lannan | State House News Service
A Webster Republican is again proposing a process that would allow Massachusetts residents to apply for firearms licenses during the COVID-19 pandemic without first getting fingerprinted, refiling legislation that did not gain traction at the tail end of last session.
Rep. Joe McKenna’s bill would allow local police chiefs or the state Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to temporarily waive the requirement that applicants for firearms identification cards and licenses to carry a firearm have their fingerprints taken for a background check, if they determine it’s unsafe or unreasonable to collect prints.