From: eclipse@world.std.com (Mark Urbin)
Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 21:45:31 GMT

In article <105088@bu.edu> merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt) writes:
>It's Christmas time and you've been thinking about getting that
>semi-automatic rifle and going down to the local mall and
>spreading some Christmas Cheer. 
   A wonder note to start off with.  Kinda sets the tone.  Just what axe is
Sean trying grind here...

[stuff about known racist shooting semi-auto rifle on a college campus deleted]

>It's been a bad week in the Bay State, what with the holidays
>and all:
>
>In an unrelated incident a man shot a woman whom she had a restraining order
>out against and then killed himself, in Brighton(Boston).
   Didn't read about this in the papers today.  Is this the incident where the
fellow was out on a parol?  His having the shotgun he used was a felony to
being with.  He was out on parol after serving short sentances for robbery
and armed robbery.

>Monday afternoon a 18 hispanic year old youth was killed by a shotgun blast
>in what is described as a "gang killing".(Jamaica Plain, Boston)
   Ugly thing gang violence.  It's not limited to the Holiday seasons.  The
gangers of downtown Boston kill each other and anybody in way all year
round over turf and drugs.  This is a `gang violence' problem.  

>On Friday two 16 year olds and a 20 year old were "ambushed" on
>on a crowed street in Dorchester(Boston). They 20 year old 
>was DOA and the two teenagers are in critical condition.
  The third such `daylight, gang-style execution' to take place in that 
neighborhood in a month.  Boston Police are not stating a motive.  Could it
be gang releated?

>A .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol was taken form a 14 year old
>female student at a Boston High School yesterday by school
>security guards. She said she didn't feel safe in school without
>her "piece". 
   Another felony crime here.  14 year olds in the Bay state can't legally
own firearms.  Double that for pistols.  Where did she get the pistol?  Who
ever gave/sold it to here has commited another felony crime

   So what do we have here...One known racist turned violent.  He was at least
bright enough to pick a known pacifist as a victim (helps when the target
won't shot back).
   A convicted felon.  A fact unknown to the Police force that issued the
restraining order.  State law doesn't require them to send five minutes in
front of a computer terminal, so they don't.  When the police handed him
the restraining order, he said `ok officer', shut the door, picked up his
illegal shotgun and commited more crimes.  The police said that if they
had known of his criminal record, they would have taken him into custody
when they served the restraining order.  They couldn't spend five minutes
checking, so somebody died, killed by a convicted criminal.

  Two counts of gang violence.  Wanna bet these gangers don't have MASS FID
cards for the shotguns and pistol permits for the handguns?  If you believe
they do, they you probably think they get their crack cocaine at CVS using
a doctor's perscription.

  An underaged girl illegally carrying a pistol she could not have obtained
legally.  Two felony counts without a shot being fired.

  FYI, there are plenty of gun control laws in the Bay State.  It hasn't
had any visible effect toward slowing the violence.

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