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Guns: This isn’t Salt Lake City

  October 28, 2011

Massachusetts should be able to decide for itself who can carry concealed handguns within its own borders. However, that may not be the case for much longer. The US House is on the verge of passing a bill to make all permits for concealed guns reciprocal between states. It would mean that a permit from Utah, a state with notably lax standards for concealed-carry permits, as well as from every other state, would be valid in Massachusetts.

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