In the aftermath of the Orlando shootings, a man named Buckley Jeppson posted on Facebook about his experience visiting a Portland, Oregon, gun store to ask why people purchase AR-15 rifles. The salespeople offered several answers — target practice, hunting — none of which convinced Jeppson, who politely concluded that the sale of these guns was "about the money."
As he left, however, Jeppson was approached by another store patron. This man told Jeppson that the guns are for people "to protect themselves when 'they' come." Jeppson parried with him: Who is "they"? Zombies? Yeah, he was told — "and all the others who might try to steal your food after an earthquake or take your guns or imprison your family members."
BOSTON — Massachusetts may become the third state to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old, as a bill proposing the new age requirement flew briskly through the Senate and could land on the floor of the House for a debate before the current session ends.
Earlier this month, the measure garnered an ought-to-pass recommendation from the House Committee on Rules, a crucial step in the lawmaking process, and saw the addition of an amendment that bans outright the use of tobacco products at schools and various public spaces, as well as sales at drugstores. The House Committee on Ways and Means received the amended version of the bill a week ago.
