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Topic: Crowd Goes Wild As Assault
Weapons Ban Plan Is Pulled
At Westford, Mass. Town Meeting |
Crowd Goes Wild As Assault
Weapons Ban Plan Is Pulled
At Westford, Mass. Town Meeting
Cybercast News Service, by Stephen Gutowski
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Posted By:Maryland_Patriot, 2/22/2013 4:21:49 PM
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| In an utterly unsurprising development this week, a town meeting in Westford, Massachusetts debated whether or not to ban so-called "assault weapons." However, in a rather surprising development, the ban was not only withdrawn, but it was withdrawn to the cheering of hundreds of residents. CBS Boston even described the applause as "thunderous" It´s incredible to see hundreds of Americans stand up for their rights in one of the most liberal anti-gun enclaves in the country.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Knotwyrkin, 2/22/2013 4:28:51 PM (No. 9191375)
Dead Link. Try a different source:
http://cnsnews.com/node/642331
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
hamrman, 2/22/2013 4:47:25 PM (No. 9191410)
That is where the original Patriots came from...New England!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 2/22/2013 4:55:52 PM (No. 9191432)
Notice how ALL of the "news" folks are now obediantly using the term "gun safety" rather than "gun control"? No, there is no group think or coordination of news stories, especially at the direction of the regime, right? /sarc
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
thethirdruffian, 2/22/2013 5:00:37 PM (No. 9191440)
It´s not "gun safety." It´s not "gun control."
It´s "civlian disarmament."
Do not yield to the left´s phrases.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Susannah, 2/22/2013 5:58:05 PM (No. 9191524)
This is the beauty of the New England town meeting: Communities get to decide what they, as a community, want. Probably few of those people own assault weapons, or want one. But they understand infringement of rights.
Oh...and Westford voted to re-elect Scott Brown.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 2/22/2013 6:13:24 PM (No. 9191546)
Thanks for the link #1. Good video included - worth a look!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
richwill, 2/22/2013 6:17:13 PM (No. 9191555)
I have no faith in a state which will elect someone like Elizabeth Warren and Ted, drown them, Kennedy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Babsathome, 2/22/2013 8:36:45 PM (No. 9191696)
Ah, the difference from one town to the next. Suburban Lowell is a prime example of this. Westford has a mind of its own. Chelmsford would lockstep with leftie gun grab. Dracula never. Billerica has been over run as late. All have the closeness to NH border that separates them from loonies down by Boston. Live Free or Die! Right on Westford - love ya!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MDMuskrat, 2/22/2013 9:07:07 PM (No. 9191713)
Additional evidence that the tide of reason is flowing back in.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 2/22/2013 10:16:02 PM (No. 9191761)
#9 has given us a wonderful verbal picture - "the tide of reason is flowing back in". For one who loves the ocean it is a perfect description. The tide never goes out but what it comes back in.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/23/2013 7:27:11 AM (No. 9192045)
The politicans must have seen their political careers going down the drain.
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