Seems to me we should stick together rather than accuse or criticize, don't you think?
Massachusetts has the 3rd highest per capita income in the country. So if you are wondering why people stay, thats a big part of it. I have an unrestricted CCW permit in Boston, which many people seem to think is not possible - and in about a dozen other states, it isn't. I belong to Braintree Rifle & Pistol and that club has over 2,000 members.
If you're one of the ones saying, "It can't happen here," if you have a high profile political assassination, and/or mass school shooting, or mass murder, you're going to find out. MA had two Kennedys murdered live on national TV, and more recently, Mucko McDonald bring an AK to work and shoot 7 co-workers. This does not tend to help the cause.
As you might imagine, Senator Kennedy has pretty strong emotions about this issue. But he is 70 and times will change when he decides to spend more time chasing his wife and less time being a Professional Liberal.
Scott Harshbarger, who is responsible for much of the most annoying legislation, got his butt kicked when he ran for Governor and has moved to Washington, DC. Some Democrats got the message that if Al Gore supported gun owners, he would have been president.
Attorney General Reilly is going to run for Governor in the next election. I'm already supporting his competitors - several of them. I'm writing their campaign managers and pointing out that their candidates can readily gain gun owners votes against Mr. Reilly. Most MA residents are registered as Independent and can thus vote in the Democratic Primary. I hope others wil ljoin me in teaching Mr. Reilly that treating lawful citizens as criminals does not go unnoticed.
Ironically, while MA has more restrictive laws than the Northern New England states, there are more firearms competitions in MA than all the other New England states combined. And between S&W and Kahr, we also produce a huge number of handguns. Go figure.