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State law that completely prohibits carrying firearms for personal protection outside the home or place of business.
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Armed Citizen IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Massachusetts man, 65, clings to hood of SUV on turnpike in suspected road-rage incident
Monday, January 28, 2019
A gun-wielding good Samaritan brought a harrowing road rage incident to a safe end, reportedly stopping a driver who'd been racing through Massachusetts -- with a 65-year-old man clinging to the hood of his SUV. An unidentified person ordered Mark Fitzgerald, 37, at gunpoint out of his SUV, allowing Richard ...)
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