Report of Gun Riot in Boston

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Report of Gun Riot in Boston

chicagorandy 07-02-2008, 9:32 AM
Old news (April date) but worth mentioning. As copied from a 1911 Forum I frequent:

Scores Killed, Hundreds Injured As Para-Military Extremists Riot.

BOSTON, April 20 - National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed on April 19th by elements of a para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimated that 72 were killed and more than 20 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.

Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement. Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices.

The governor, who described the group's organizers as "criminals," issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government's efforts to secure law and order.

The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons. Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early April between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms. One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that "none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned their weapons over voluntarily."

"Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government's plans.

During a tense standoff in Lexington's town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists. Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.

Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces overmatched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.

Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor has also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops. Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as "ringleaders" of the extremist faction, remain at large.

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Re: Report of Gun Riot in Boston

Pooterhead 07-04-2008, 6:28 AM
If someone tried to take my firearms i would have done the same thing. You can have it when you pry it from my cold dead hand. Then you will have to deal with the rest of my family and friends who also own firearms.

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Re: Report of Gun Riot in Boston

Abes_CW 07-12-2008, 11:33 AM

I can forsee a day when one will look on the "right to bear arms" the same way we look at the right to keep slaves or the right for women to vote.

All three seemed to be tolerable in the 18th century.....

Re: Report of Gun Riot in Boston

CaTacL1sm 07-12-2008, 1:57 PM
I fully intend to get the most out of it. no-ones takin my guns

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DAVID 08-01-2008, 12:26 PM
Considering that the supreme court just overturned D.C.'s ban on handguns, I'd say we're good for a while.

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Re: Report of Gun Riot in Boston

Broncoman2000 08-06-2008, 8:19 AM
I truly do not understand the logic some people have. How can the other nine amendments in the bill of rights apply to the individual, but the 2nd only apply to the government. It is the "Bill of Rights" after all.

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Re: Report of Gun Riot in Boston

Tstewart IL 08-06-2008, 9:22 AM

amen to that. It is fairly clear in it's phrasing: "A well regulated militia, being neccessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Not much room for interpretation

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kingston73 08-12-2008, 8:16 AM
I'm about to move to good old Massachussettesss (can't spell that to save my life) where I can't even transport my empty guns locked up and taken apart without a permit. I'm not talking handguns, but any type of firearm. I have an old double barrel Fox Sterlingworth shotgun (1909) and if I put it in my trunk in it's take-down bag and drove into MA I'd be a criminal. The MA permit will cost me $200. Thank god the Supreme Court finally ruled on that...

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