Unless people are gonna use air-travel to get in/out of their locker they need to be locking in the opposite compass direction.

Live Free or Die - the good folks of NH have yet to be entirely corrupted by liberal Massholes (apologies for the redundancy).

But, your advice is well taken.

Growing up we would drive through CT...NY...VT...NH to get to Maine for a hunt.

Dad used to drive to Millinocket, Maine for deer camp - back in the day.

The thing about heading south out of MA puts you in RI, CT, NY and then NJ...none of them are overly firearm friendly. No, the weather may be harsh but the freedom in the New England area is north.

VT is proudly independent and their laws on firearms reflect VT's rural nature and colonial heritage. IIRC, VT is one of only a few states where carrying a firearm is considered a right not subject to regulation.

Maybe GOAL can kill this MA legislation - but I hold out little hope.

Unfortunately, Vermont has become such a liberal state that the legislature is considering assault weapons and large capacity magazine bans. This is not the same state that I left in 1972 when I enlisted. Too damn many flat landers have moved in and are now trying to make the state just like the place they left to move here. However, we still don't need a CCW permit in Vermont and we can carry open or concealed if we so choose.

It is happening in Arizona, too. SO much so that I believed we should stop LEGAL "immigration" from CA, NY, Chicago, etc MORE than illegal immigration from Mexico (they LOVE firearms!).:D

The states are pushing back.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/...ry?id=18233268

Alaska Gun Bill Threatens Federal Agents with Arrest
 

Another state pushing back. :lifter

A counter point to post #23
 

From a report filed on Fox Business on 3 August 2012 "States That Get The Most Federal Money" available here.

More generally, "Most Red States Take More Money From Washington Than They Put In" according to a piece published in the on line version of Mother Jones available here.

And has anyone else noticed how closely maps of poverty in America match political maps--that is, red states have a lot of persistently poor people <<LINK>> and <<LINK2>> compared to <<LINK3>>?

So maybe before encouraging state governments to thumb their noses at .GOV --and risk a political realignment of historic proportions in 2016 (if not 2014)-- perhaps Americans who oppose more gun control could tell their elected representatives what they will support to help reduce violence against children in America rather than simply saying "no."

Mother Jones, really?

JUST SAY NO!

Yeah Mother Jones.
Mother Jones is a politically left-wing American magazine, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture.
Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001, 2008, and 2010.
The stated mission of Mother Jones is to produce revelatory journalism that in its power and reach informs and inspires a more just and democratic world.

The magazine was named after Mary Harris Jones, called Mother Jones, an Irish-American trade union activist, opponent of child labor, and self-described "hellraiser". She was publicly described as the most dangerous grandmother in America. She was a part of the Knights of Labor, the Industrial Workers of the World, the Social Democratic Party, the Socialist Party of America, the United Mine Workers of America, and the Western Federation of Miners.

She's buried just up the road in Mt Olive Il. It's practically a shrine. Right off I-55.

The fire of anti-Democratic rhetoric is coming from a demographic of free thinking human beings who appreciate being left alone with the physical or idealogical products of their personal labor and the ability to protect said products.
Anyone with a funcioning Medulla can readily observe that there is a press from the White House and associated Media that vehemently opposes the above demoghraphic and seeks to obtain their abilities by any means necessary.
It is clearly understood that their voice is now a whisper in a wind storm of pontificating, well fed, organizers.
The word "no" has and will probabaly continue to suffer attempts to be redifined, but like the prom date that wears the dress knows,
"No" always means "No".

How is the call for a national conversation about gun violence and legislation to reduce gun violence "anti-democratic"? If the POTUS were relying on EO's alone, your point might have somemerit, but as offered, it is more noteworthy as an example of unintentional irony.

The national conversation is not synonymous with federal officials deciding among themselves what is best for everyone else, while pretending "the people" are part of the conversation.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state...ry?id=18253197

It's a big country.
Let each state decide for itself what should be done.

We may soon see the significance of Printz vs US.