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Mayor wants to ban realistic looking toy, BB guns
By adamg on Mon, 08/31/2015 - 3:10pm
Mayor Walsh said today he is asking the City Council to pass an ordinance to ban replica handguns in public.
In a statement, Walsh said:
We've seen too many violent incidents this year, and we will do everything in our power to ensure the safety of Boston residents and visitors. This ordinance will send a strong message - that guns of all kinds, including imitation firearms, make our community dangerous. By engaging parents and guardians, we hope to create allies in our effort to remove replica firearms from the hands of our youth.
Walsh said police have recovered more than 100 replica firearms used to commit crimes this year.
This ordinance will allow BPD to confiscate replica firearms and require the owner to pick up the confiscated replica firearm in person at the district station. If a replica handgun is confiscated from someone under the age of 18, BPD will notify the parent or guardian that the minor was found with a replica handgun in a public space, and the parent or guardian will have the option to retrieve the replica firearm. BPD will not release a replica handgun directly to the minor.
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Um, isn't this already a city
Um, isn't this already a city ordinance?
"16-5A REGULATING THE SALE AND MARKETING OF REPLICA FIREARMS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON."
And it is already the same penalty (same felony charge) for using a fake gun to commit a crime as a real one.
Ban the REAL guns
They are the REAL problem.
They pretty much already are
They pretty much already are banned.
firearm license demand increased in Mass.(5% to 20%, '13 to'14)
Last year’s spike in Class A licenses followed lesser annual increases with a median of 5% over the past several years.
The increase in Class A licenses was particularly pronounced from 2013 to 2014 in several Eastern Massachusetts communities, including Lowell, with a 21 percent jump, Quincy, with an increase of 20 percent, and in Boston, with an 18 percent hike. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/04/20/gun-laws-tightened-mass-num...
then what?
The city of Boston makes it unnecessarily convoluted to get a firearms permit, then after all that they issue restricted LTCs to residents. There's a Boston city ordinance prohibiting ownership of certain types of rifles, too. It's working really well on all the people who want to follow the law. Seems to be working pretty well for all the BB gun muggers counting on unarmed victims, too.
Mayor wants to ban realistic looking toy, BB guns
What we really need is toy gun free zones!
Let's also ban...
...realistic looking toy mayors.
Marty wants a raise too, right?
After all, he's been in the job for almost two years now.
once a hack...
How many violent crimes as a
How many violent crimes as a a result of BB guns? Maybe one? Meanwhile over a hundred shootings this year.
Seriously, one term Marty is losing credibility every day.
The liberal haters will protest but stop and frisk worked to make NYC a safer city. Take the real guns away first.
Unless you're calling the mayor a liar
Police have seized 100 replica guns used in crimes this year. As it says in the original post.
What exactly is a replica gun?
Is any toy gun a replica gun?
Seems kinda vague to me, which is the kind of law that gets written in a knee-jerk fashion, and it ends up being totally useless. Reminds me of some of the rules my condo board comes up with.
I've got a brilliant idea
A toy gun buy back program