{"id":26339,"date":"2015-08-24T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T23:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26339"},"modified":"2015-08-24T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T23:19:04","slug":"good-police-work-prevented-something-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26339","title":{"rendered":"Good Police Work Prevented Something Awful"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed Morrissey<\/a> at Hot Air <\/a>posted a story today about some recent events at the\u00a0Hynes Convention Center<\/a> in Boston<\/a>. There was a Pokemon convention there. I don’t know anything about Pokemon, but it seems that there were some attendees with nefarious intentions.\u00a0James Austin Stumbo, 27, and Kevin Norton<\/a>, 18, had posted on Facebook, \u201c\u201cBoys an girls this is going to be a guns and stripper weekend!!!\u201d The convention center security called the Boston Police<\/a>, who sent two officers to check on the two men. When he was questioned, Stumbo claimed that the quote was taken out of context, but told the police where their car was and that it had weapons inside. The police found a shotgun, an AR-15<\/a> assault rifle, a hunting knife, and 250 rounds of ammunition inside the car. This doesn’t sound like normal cargo for a trip to Boston for a Convention.<\/p>\n

There are a few things at play here. Massachusetts<\/a> has strict gun laws<\/a>. Neither man had the proper gun permits for the weapons they were carrying. Obviously the strict gun laws had no impact on them or their intentions. Thank God they chose to brag on Facebook. Also, thank God for the diligence of the Hynes Convention Center security staff.<\/p>\n

I now live in a state that has more relaxed gun laws. Had the men tried this in North Carolina, chances are they would have been met by concealed carry permit holders who would have dispensed with them quickly. I don’t like gun violence, but it seems to me that we are at a point where restrictive gun laws are not accomplishing what they are supposed to accomplish. Obviously, these two young men were not affected by Massachusetts’ strict gun ownership policy. It has taken me a while to get to where I am on gun control, but I am coming closer to the idea that the only gun permit that should be needed is found in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution<\/a>. Other gun permits may seem to have some value, but it is obvious that they do not–people with nefarious intentions don’t seem to be deterred by gun laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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