(Photo by AP Photo/The Republican, Christopher Evans: In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2005, Dominic Spano, front, loads an MG-42 machine gun during the Westfield Sportsman’s Club’s annual Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the club ground in Westfield, Mass.)
Spotlight: Accountability In Massachusetts: Indictments Are Filed Against Gun Club After 8-Year-Old Kills Self Firing Uzi Machine Gun
- Boston Herald: Gun Club Indicted In 8-Year-Old Boy’s Uzi Death.
- Freedom States Alliance: A Nation Gone Gun Crazy: Young Children Shooting Machine Guns and Other Weapons Embroiled In Gun Culture’s Dark Side.
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News
- Associated Press: New Interior Dept. Rule Eases Ban On Firearms In National Parks.
- New York Times Editorial: The Gun Lobby’s Loss.
- Washington Post: Time For Leagues To Do Something About Players With Guns.
- New Jersey Star-Ledger: Prosecutors Say That ‘Vacation’ Was Jihad Training.
- AlterNet: Untold Story of Election 2008: The Death of the NRA.
- The Economist: Hunting In New England Is Disappearing In Its American Birthplace.
- The Nation: Burress Shooting: Cue the Hypocrites.
WASHINGTON – People will now be able to carry concealed firearms in some national parks and wildlife refuges.
An Interior Department rule issued Friday allows an individual to carry a loaded weapon in a park or wildlife refuge — but only if the person has a permit for a concealed weapon, and if the state where the park or refuge is located also allows loaded firearms in parks.
