http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/09/03/massachusetts-da-uses-gun-control-law-to-nail-writercritic/ The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. -- D.H. Lawrence Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/09/03/massachusetts-da-uses-gun-control-law-to-nail-writercritic/comment-page-1/#comment-125058 Massachusetts gun control law strikes again Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:22:08 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/index.php/massachusetts-da-uses-gun-control-law-to-nail-writercritic/#comment-125058 [...] The Bay State’s notoriously draconian laws have tripped up author Peter Manso, a 67-year-old Cape Cod resident. Manso claims the prosecution is retaliation for his writing on highly publicized crimes, but whether or not that premise is borne out, the story is an unnerving one: ten years ago the state changed an earlier provision making firearm identification cards valid for life to one requiring four-year renewals, and since then old holders who failed to get with the program have been getting tripped up, facing the prospect of long prison terms even over their protest that they never had the change called to their attention. (Jonathan Saltzman, “Writer on Cape slaying indicted on gun charges”, Boston Globe, Aug. 23; J.D. Tuccille/Examiner) (via Never Yet Melted). [...] [...] The Bay State’s notoriously draconian laws have tripped up author Peter Manso, a 67-year-old Cape Cod resident. Manso claims the prosecution is retaliation for his writing on highly publicized crimes, but whether or not that premise is borne out, the story is an unnerving one: ten years ago the state changed an earlier provision making firearm identification cards valid for life to one requiring four-year renewals, and since then old holders who failed to get with the program have been getting tripped up, facing the prospect of long prison terms even over their protest that they never had the change called to their attention. (Jonathan Saltzman, “Writer on Cape slaying indicted on gun charges”, Boston Globe, Aug. 23; J.D. Tuccille/Examiner) (via Never Yet Melted). [...]

]]> http://neveryetmelted.com/2008/09/03/massachusetts-da-uses-gun-control-law-to-nail-writercritic/comment-page-1/#comment-124431 Lazarus Long Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:47:01 +0000 http://neveryetmelted.com/index.php/massachusetts-da-uses-gun-control-law-to-nail-writercritic/#comment-124431 I wonder how the coffee table set will respond to this charge against one of the illuminati? I wonder how the coffee table set will respond to this charge against one of the illuminati?

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