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Got Guns? A Boston Criminal Lawyer Discusses Firearms Possession In The Commonwealth

By Altman & Altman

I remember years ago, before I was a lawyer, growing up in the Boston area and hearing commercials about what happens if you are arrested for possessing a gun. ?If you are caught with a gun?, I recall it saying, ?you will go to jail for one year?and nobody can get you out?. The tone of the announcement made it clear that the possession of guns was behind the ever-worsening crime problem. And, then, came the other public service announcements which declared, ?Guns don?t kill people, People kill people.? And so it seemed to me that the obvious solution would be to simply send the guns to jail for a year with no hope them of getting out. Then came my education at the hands of the Boston University School of Law, the Kings County District Attorney?s Office and, finally, my many years as a Massachusetts criminal defense attorney...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).