BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts already has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws, but legislative leaders see room for improvement.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday asked Jack McDevitt, an associate dean at Northeastern University, to lead a special commission on gun violence, with a possible focus on keeping guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
McDevitt said the recent killings of 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., has galvanized interest in protecting innocent people from gun violence.
DeLeo said the commission’s findings could lead to new legislation in the coming months.
Senate President Therese Murray also said Wednesday that she has discussed possible legislation that would address gun violence “without demonizing the mentally ill.”
What about keeping guns from criminals. In pretty sure they do most of the murders around here.
And here you have A truck driver picking up and dropping guns to Smith &Wesson stealing 128 guns out of there and to only find 28 so the other 100 are still out there in the hands of of a criminal to cause havoc on our streets good job Smith & Wesson