Sudbury Resident: Gunfire Too Close to Sudbury Schools
Jim Cavanaugh is bringing a warrant to Annual Town Meeting to add an amendment to buffer zones around schools and playgrounds.
When Jim Cavanaugh heard Sudbury children could hear automatic gunfire while playing at Nixon and Noyes elementary schools, he knew something had to be done about that. The Codman Drive resident and others are bringing a warrant article to Annual Town Meeting in May to change the bylaw that allows the use of guns as close as 500 feet of dwellings, and have in include an amendment in relation to schools and playgrounds. "Over the last few years, there's been occasional gunfire around town," he said. "Kids at playgrounds have heard it. And I'm wondering how is it possible there is shooting so close to our schools?" The amendment would set a half-mile buffer zone around schools, temples and playgrounds, he said. Cavanaugh said the push to …
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Billy Blinks
8:57 am on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I recall when "liberalism" was about freedom. But something changed in the late 1980's--I think it was the ironic lack of tolerance and innate Stalinist bent of "Political Correctness"--but classic liberalism began a descent into condescending, deluded, and self-righteous totalitarianism. You need ot take hard look at yourselves and consider carefully whether you are in fact Americans. The … more ›