A Marshfield man faces arraignment on weapons and disorderly-conduct charges after his arrest at BU commencement today.
Andrea Massa has a license to carry firearms for hunting and target practice only; he was charged with carrying "two loaded handguns with high-capacity magazines," unlawfully carrying a firearm onto school grounds and disorderly conduct, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
Massa was arrested outside Nickerson Field, the Patriot Ledger reports.
Innocent, etc.
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I don't get it... did he feel
By anon
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 7:27pm
I don't get it... did he feel a college graduation was a life threatening situation? Must be sad to go through life feeling so paranoid.
Most life situations aren't
By anon
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 8:41pm
Most life situations aren't life threatening until all of a sudden without warning they are. That said this guy is an Olympic level moron for violating the terms of his license at the ground zero of worst places to get caught doing so.
Did Drew have a misunderstanding or is that bs?
By Anonymous
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 11:37pm
His wife was on the 11 o'clock news. She was in tears and claiming it was a big misunderstanding. I presume she means Drew didn't willfully try to break the law, he did it only because he misunderstood it.
Well, ignorance of the law is not a valid self-defense. Moreover, they both have firearm licenses and she said that when her husband Drew saw law enforcement, he turned around and headed back toward the car. Why would he do that if he thought he was lawfully carrying the firearms?
She claimed that she got two guns for her birthday and he wanted to "get used to carrying them." That's also a peculiar explanation.
If he doesn't have a record, and they don't think he meant harm, I doubt he'll spend time in jail for carrying a firearm on campus but I think he's in deep shyte for the high-capacity clips if in fact they're illegal.
Doesn't speak to someone who
By Hyde_Parker
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 11:39pm
Doesn't speak to someone who is interested in following the rules of gun ownership.
I'm not a gun owner, but I'm guessing that it's pretty easy to get answers about where one can/can't carry, what permits one needs, and how to store your guns properly. Or, at least it should be.
Only $1000? Seems pretty low.
By MBTA SNAFU
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:11am
Only $1000? Seems pretty low. #MBTA
You're right
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 7:51am
some commie sob might have thrown his graduation cap in the air and we can't have that type of public safety threat go unchecked. A man and his gun(s) puts the cum in cum laude.
Columbine, Virginia Tech,
By john smith
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 2:52am
Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook, and others
According to
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 7:52am
many wing nuts those events never happened.
huh?
By bosguy22
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 8:59am
I've never heard ANYONE say any of those events were myths.
I've heard the sandy hook one....
By Pete Nice
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:05am
Go to that infowars website (if you want to see unchecked mental health live), and look for sandy hook articles and the comments. its actually pretty scary.
They make
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:25am
the Herald comment page wing nuts seem tame.
This is...strange. Why do
By Hyde_Parker
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 7:36pm
This is...strange. Why do you need to bring two guns to a college graduation?
Then again, I know a guy who says that his father always carries whenever he comes into Boston. I find that pretty funny these days.
That's just the thing. A lot
By Tire
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 5:52am
That's just the thing. A lot of older people have the mentality that you need to be carrying when you go into the city. They still picture Boston as the crime-ridden city it once was and don't realize how safe it is these days. They also don't realize that Comm Ave is one of the safest areas... to them it's all the big bad city. You see this a lot with NYC, too... older folks were alive when everyone was fleeing the cities for the suburbs and they haven't realized that it turned around again
Boston has never had crime
By anon
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 7:56pm
Boston has never had crime that other similar and bigger cities have had. Ever. Think Detroit L.A., Chicago, Philly. Not even close. Never had the rioting either. Cuz we are so smahht.
That's not "pretty funny,"
By Rob
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 8:29am
That's not "pretty funny," that's just racist basically.
Racist?
By bosguy22
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:00am
So now if one thinks that a city is dangerous, they're racist? I don't agree w/the guy that you should have a weapon if you're in Boston, but it doesn't make him racist.
So now if one thinks that a
By Scratchie
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:18am
Um, yeah, probably.
Urbaphobia
By anon
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:57am
Yes, inability to go look up the frigging crime statistics while strapping on your proxy phallus to protect your this and that from all those nasty urban black people is racist.
That shit's on line, yo!
It does not make this
By Rob
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:38am
It does not make this specific individual a racist since we do not yet know his motives. But in my personal experience, it's hard to separate a fear of going into the city from some racially-tinged beliefs, yes.
Interesting case
By anon
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 7:56pm
I understand the ban on handguns on college campuses that on are gated campuses but can you be arrested if you have a licenses to carry on any university or college property such as apartment buildings or visiting someone at BU medical center attending a sporting event?
Apparently he had only a
By Hyde_Parker
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 8:48pm
Apparently he had only a license for hunting and target shooting, so what he did was a violation of that license.
Carrying outside license
By anon
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 8:10pm
Carrying outside license restrictions in the one place specifically listed by state law as a no carry zone in the city with the strictest atmosphere of enforcement in the state. Wicked smart!
Congratulations buddy your license will be revoked and you'll NEVER be issued one again EVAH!
His Wife Was Interviewed On Channel 7 ...
By Elmer
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:23pm
... she said they just got the two new guns for her birthday, and that he just wanted to "practice carrying them". They seem like an adorable couple!
Dude was excited to be
By Hyde_Parker
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 11:09pm
Dude was excited to be packing heat!
"Drew" Massa
By Anonymous
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:49pm
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Doing battle in the Matrix?
By SaveTheDucksFro...
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 12:16pm
Doing battle in the Matrix?
Columbine much?
By Moe Love
Thu, 05/22/2014 - 7:38pm
...there, Mr trench coat mafia.
I saw one of the alleged
By PJC
Sun, 05/18/2014 - 11:44pm
I saw one of the alleged firearms. It appeas to be a Smith and Wesson Shield. Not a high capacity firearm. It seems the reporting is not accurate as to at least one of the firearms. A Sport and Target would allow you to own hi capacity magaizines and the high capacity firearms. If he was not yet in Nickerson Field and on Agganis Way, I am not sure he was on school grounds yet. Carrying outside your restriction is a civil infraction. My guess is he gets some charges dismissed, takes a CWOF on the Disturbing, and gets his license yanked for a few years for the restriction violation, along with a hefty fine.
Bizarre story
By O-FISH-L
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 12:06am
It will be interesting to see if he had any reason to be at BU, especially since there were a lot of high-profile people there and a lot of people in general. Who wants to go to any graduation unless you have a loved one graduating? If he didn't, I'd love to know his intent with the two guns and how he was carrying them. Very strange, especially since anyone with a target and hunting license knows exactly what that means. Not to draw any immediate links but a sophisticated pipe bomb was found in Marshfield a few weeks back, apparently after falling off a car. I remember the Chief there saying it would have killed someone if it had gone off.
Not to draw any immediate links...
By Bob Leponge
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 1:00am
... but somewhere in suburban Honolulu, an unemployed bellhop is whipping up a batch of illegal psilocybin chop suey!!
There are a number of strange
By Anonymous
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 1:11am
There are a number of strange things about this story. I put them all down to two mostly harmless dumbasses but I'm willing to reconsider.
She said the guns were her birthday present but he wanted to "get used to carrying them." She said it was a misunderstanding but also indicated that he tried to return the guns to the car when he saw law enforcement.
I'd like to know more about the high capacity clips. The Suffolk DA indicated they are illegal in MA. If they are, we know he didn't buy them in MA. So why did he buy high capacity clips?
Why is he carrying two guns?
I'm willing to reconsider that this is more than two mostly harmless dumbasses.
Not illegal to have high capacity magazines with a Class A.
By Pete Nice
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 3:04am
(Never call them clips, the gun nuts will have a fit)
From what I understand, he has a class A license to carry firearms for hunting and target practice. This allows him to possess high capacity firearms and feeding devices (clips or magazines holding more than 10 rounds of ammo) while doing those activities, or in his home, (or traveling in between the two locations.
Apparently his sister was graduating, and he tried to get around the metal detectors in the front. I don't think he thought there would be any, and when he got to the front he told security that he didn't want to be wanded with metal detectors and he started to walk away.. This set off some red flags and he was stopped.
Why do people focus on these
By Tire
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 5:57am
Why do people focus on these "high-capacity clips"? that's the only reason they mention them in stories. Do you realize how quickly you can change a magazine in a handgun? You press a button and one falls out and you slide the other one in until it clicks. Having 15 bullets instead of 9 isn't going to make a murderer any more effective at killing people.
My favorite deflection
By Chris Rich
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 7:22am
from gun thumpers, (who resemble bible pounders in their odd zeal), when someone calls attention to another gun idiot story is to trot out and display their command of gun tech minutiae as if that'll convince the gun averse that sloppy and or menacing gun flailing is okay and those who object need to brush up on their gun tech minutiae.
"Well ya see this one had a Two Way Sneeze Through Wind Shifter so it couldn't be equipped with a Splash On Mud Guard and Chrome Fender Dents. so there."
So many flavors of stupid
By Chris Rich
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 6:38am
...in one dim goon.
Back in the day, my home town,Reading, had a hobby shop run by a Native American named Sid White.
He was such a good shot he could hit a rabbit in mid jump over a stone wall with a single shot .22
It was called sportsmanship, I seem to recall.
Nowadays we got these anxious angry white guys who gotta have enough fire power to hold off a regiment purely as a kind of penis extension sop for whatever insecurities prey on them.
The Dylan Klebold all black look is pretty cute too and oh so useful under the beating sun of a fine May day.
why make it about race?
By bob
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 8:47am
why make it about race?
Eh?
By anon
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 10:28am
Do you know why that is?
It's truly a shame
By Radioactive Man
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:24am
He missed a great episode of Game of Thrones last night. Judging from his wife's FB page, they sure do look like they watch it.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151253...
Thanks for the link
By John Costello
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 10:45am
This link proves my hunch when I heard the name. He is from Duxbury originally, though but recently bought a house in Marshfield. His family owns a defense contacting company along Route 3A in Hingham which makes sensors for submarines and other maritime uses.
Let's just say that if I see any unicorns, dragons, or spells being cast up along Pleasant Street in the Hills, I know who stocked the cauldron.
What, swords weren't good
By Ari O
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 11:24am
What, swords weren't good enough?
(This link is like watching a train wreck in slow motion: I can not look away.)
Interesting
By anon
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 9:32am
30+ comments about a moron with a small dick who wanted to carry his registered firearm everywhere he went, not a single comment about two thugs with unregistered firearms who not only carry them everywhere but actually use them for their intended purpose (I.e. kill people.)
BU COMMENCEMENT
By JCK
Mon, 05/19/2014 - 10:19am
I think you are missing an important fact in your analysis of the situation.
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