http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_11817932
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OWELL -- Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone is challenging a Lowell District Court ruling -- and a U.S. Supreme Court decision -- that could put less responsibility on gun owners to secure their weapons when not in use and in storage.
Leone is directing prosecutors to fight, in state Appeals Court, the dismissal of a gun-storage case against a Billerica man who kept an unlocked semiautomatic hunting rifle under his bed where it could be accessed by his teenage son.
"Gun-storage laws are put in place to prevent firearms from getting into the wrong hands and to protect people from accidental shootings, particularly children,'' Leone said.
"In this case, we argue that current Massachusetts law works to assure that firearms are secured so that only the registered owner can use it, and that it does so without infringing on a person's Second Amendment rights," he added. "We believe that this is a fundamental issue of firearm and child safety, and we will continue to present our arguments to the courts."
what an azzhole
OWELL -- Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone is challenging a Lowell District Court ruling -- and a U.S. Supreme Court decision -- that could put less responsibility on gun owners to secure their weapons when not in use and in storage.
Leone is directing prosecutors to fight, in state Appeals Court, the dismissal of a gun-storage case against a Billerica man who kept an unlocked semiautomatic hunting rifle under his bed where it could be accessed by his teenage son.
"Gun-storage laws are put in place to prevent firearms from getting into the wrong hands and to protect people from accidental shootings, particularly children,'' Leone said.
"In this case, we argue that current Massachusetts law works to assure that firearms are secured so that only the registered owner can use it, and that it does so without infringing on a person's Second Amendment rights," he added. "We believe that this is a fundamental issue of firearm and child safety, and we will continue to present our arguments to the courts."