I'm actually surprised to hear that Massachusetts has a concealed carry law.
Most gun shootings in Boston are gang members shooting other gang members. My guess is that many gang members are also carrying around illegal concealed weapons. Richard > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Richard M. Smith >>Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 7:13 PM >>To: 'FunSec [List]' >>Subject: RE: [funsec] Student arrested over Counter Strike map >> >>Yes, it is a pretty sad commentary that a 16-year kid has access to > guns. >> >>That's why I was asking the gun company in 2005 if they could trace the >>serial number to see where the gun was originally purchased to try to >>understand if the legit gun distribution system was supplying guns to > kids. >>Maybe they have a dirty dealer on their hands. Do you know if gun > makers >>ever do this kind of research? >> >>BTW, in spite of this story, Massachusetts actually has one of the > lowest >>gun murder rates in the country. I suspect this is true because > because we >>also have one of the lowest gun ownership rates in the country. >> > > ---> I suspect it's true because we have a nice "concealed carry law" > that allows a law abiding citizen to carry a weapon after going through > a background check and receiving your permit. Florida is another good > example of this in action. If you were a bad guy, would you want to > hold up someone that you know could be armed? Hehe, I certainly > wouldn't :-) > >>Richard >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Brian Loe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 6:43 PM >>To: Richard M. Smith >>Cc: FunSec [List] >>Subject: Re: [funsec] Student arrested over Counter Strike map >> >>On 5/5/07, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Brian, >> >> >>> Gun manufacturers do not sell their guns to bad guys. >> >> Somebody does. Attached is a 2005 email that I sent to executives at >> Rugers about one of their products being "used" in my neighborhood. I > >> never got a reply. My assumption by the lack of reply is that these >> executives weren't too interested in learning who their "customers" > really > are......... >> >> Richard > > I screwed up and read the damn article - go figure, a 16 year old who > can't > legally - by federal law - even be in possession of a handgun... > I guess laws don't work on criminals after all. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
