Gun laws, limits, and licensing in Mass—in perception and reality
CASE OPEN (A FIRE SALE FOLLOW-UP)
Connecticut high court ruling opens up Mass gun seller to Newtown lawsuit
ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE
Mass State Police and local law enforcement have spent millions amassing an arsenal of Tasers, but there’s minimal accountability for those doing the purchasing, or for those doing the tasing
ASSIST OUR INVESTIGATION INTO GUN SALES IN MASS
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FIRE SALE PT. 1 1/2
More about how police solicitation of guns and other combat gear is done solely by departments that weigh options and decide on agreements, without any scrutiny from other agencies.
THE PLIGHT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON, ILLUSTRATED
Mass Governor Charlie Baker’s record on public transportation as presented in an easy-to-read yet diligently reported comic feature
FIRE SALE PT. 1
Even for weapons dealers who have flouted state laws, there is major money to be made by selling munitions to police in Massachusetts
BROKEN MEDIA, BROKEN POLITICS
If Mass journalists were doing their jobs, Baker would not be so popular May 1, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS It’s always funny to hear that Charlie Baker is a very popular governor… The most popular governor in the country at the moment, according to polls. Because Continue Reading
YOUR MOVE, BOSTON
Only a massive protest movement can stop government giveaways to megacorps March, 2018 BY JASON PRAMAS @JASONPRAMAS Boston politics—in both its state and local variants—seems to consist largely of backroom deals between government officials and major corporations punctuated by rituals of representative democracy that are increasingly put Continue Reading
TOWNIE: MASS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES FACE MAJOR BUDGET CRISIS
People without cars in the many parts of the state that aren’t reached by the MBTA’s main bus and subway lines are already at a major disadvantage in terms of their ability to access jobs, laundry, shopping, education, social services, daycare, and healthcare in the best of times.