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Cambridge resident Anthony Bennett and William Baro of Somerville were charged with separate counts of armed with intent to murder, possession of a firearm and assault with a dangerous weapon...
...release from jail, he was struck with police bird shot, and the pellets are still embedded in his chest. "South Africans swing between moods of deep despair and cautious hope," says Hawthorne. "This week hope is again ascendant." It seems optimism comes from a place too deep for any firearm to reach...
...abiding citizens use firearms to stop or deter between 300,000 and one million violent crimes every year (depends on whose statistics one believes). NCS figures (U.S. Department of Justice) show that law-abiding citizens who resist attack using a firearm have a lower chance of being injured and a greater chance of preventing completion of the crime than those who don't resist at all or those who resist with all other weapons (knives, fists, Mace, umbrellas...
...liberals support the fashionable solution of gun control However, any restriction on the ownership of weapons only functions to protect Merely outlawing all guns is neither practical not just No matter how many gun control laws are passed, criminals will still obtain weapons In addition, since even the staunchest firearm restriction does not completely trample on the Second Amendment simple handguns will always remain legal to obey the all laws in acquiring weapons, they would still be able to carry handguns And, if I'm not mistaken, even simple handguns are deadly. Nothing is more frustrating than legislation which continues...
When shooting tore through Harvard Square last Friday night, Cambridge and Harvard police promptly responded. No Harvard police officer discharged a firearm, but detective Hubert Estes was on the scene and made an arrest. In all, seven people were arrested...