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Not really. At least not in the case of Class B permits. All you have to do is have a 5-10 minute "interview" with the designated gun permit cop in your community, and tell him why you want a firearm (target practice and/or home defense)...if you aren't a mental case, have no felonies or violence and drug related misdemeanors on your record, they cannot deny you a firearm permit. What's difficult in Massachusetts regarding gun ownership are the restrictive laws you need to follow once you have a gun. You have to keep it locked in a gun safe in your home, and when traveling by car, you have to have it unloaded, and locked in a gun safe. The state does issue License to Carry permits, where you can carry a loaded, concealed handgun....those are the ones that are pretty hard to get.

Without looking, I'm going to guess it was Levi Ramsey...

Ok, so now I'm even more unsure of my approach to this...this evening, I was doing some yard work when they pulled up in the caretaker's car. The caretaker just sat there while the old lady struggled to even stand up out of the car seat. I went over to her, and offered my arm, and she said "It's so nice to have someone to help me...they expect me to always do this by myself". As I walked her up six stairs to the front door, I could tell just how frail and wobbly she is. The caretaker drove around the block so that she could pull in the driveway frontwards. I took the opportunity to ask the old girl if everything was alright with the caretaker, and she said yes. When she said "They" expect me, I got to thinking that maybe she is on some kind of regime where she is supposed to do these things by herself...but she's so frail, one slip and fall, and it's all over. When I finished the yard and came back inside, the first thing I heard was the caretaker yelling "I can't do every little thing for you!" The caretaker is by and large a nice woman. She helped jump my car battery twice, and did some snow shoveling when my back was f*cked up. She's basically a pleasant enough person, but I think she's burnt out, and letting her frustration turn into anger directed at the old woman. But the car thing- shouldn't a caretaker be helping her in this instance? It seems a prime example of precisely what a caretaker should be doing... Ughh...the old lady said everything is ok, so maybe I should mind my own business? This is stressing me...

"Luis Suarez should not of done that" Do I not like that.

I've never done an ESPN league, but I'd be game. If someone gets booted from your league for neglecting his team, let me know, I'll sign up.

It's not the point though. If you make a bad tackle, most of the time it's a pure accident. He has intentionally tried to harm someone. Not acceptable and 10 games is totally fair given his previous. Agreed. If this happened outside the stadium, he'd be charged with assault and battery.

It's possible, I suppose. Book publishers do it all the time.

I wouldn't jump to that conclusion just yet. If in fact, if they were motivated by "religious zeal" as the younger brother has apparently confessed, their actions would seem to more closely fit with the actions of what we traditionally associate with "terrorism". Indiscriminate carnage by I.E.D. in the name of religion. The Aurora shooter was a psychopath with a gun, these Chechen brothers were sane, but waging Jihad (allegedly).

Suarez is a clear victim of Dental Profiling

The bad news to this good news, is that FOX Soccer is keeping Champion's League games. Which would be fine if they weren't planning on dropping the commentary feed from Martin Tyler, etc. and bringing in their American MMA announcer with no football experience to call all the CL games, or at least the marquee matches. It was a joy to the ears listening to Tyler yesterday call the Bayern-Barca match. Now we're going to hear things like "Messi scores from a PK in the 38th minute!"

See ya, Rat Boy I really hope Liverpool ship him off this summer, he's a blight on English football

I can see that, but I was thinking it was a clear ripoff of the Patriots color scheme. Fork-tongued c*n ts

"Cannons" is actually a pretty cool name for a sports team I'm trying to figure out what their uniforms remind me of....

Like I said, she doesn't even remember who I am half the time...

There's a situation that has been weighing heavily on my mind recently- I live in an apartment above the 97 year old mother of my landlord. Three years ago, she was very independent, alert, and would drive around, going to church or visiting relatives. She lived alone. Since then, she's deteriorated rapidly. She no longer drives, she sometimes doesn't know who I am, and is generally just declining in health. Maybe 16 months ago, her family got a live-in caretaker to look after her, drive her around, monitor her medications, help her with hygiene, etc. It all seemed to be going smoothly until about 4 months ago, when I noticed the caretaker (50 year old woman) would raise her voice to the point of yelling when talking to the old woman. I didn't think too much of it, because you have to speak loudly for her to hear you, and if you are always doing that, I'm sure it can be frustrating. But it seems like her raised voice and occasional frustration has devolved into an almost daily mini-drama, where she will not only yell, but berate her and accuse her of minor things that a 97 year old should be given a pass on. The caretaker will slam doors, stomp around, and you'd think that would be maybe frightening for a woman whose mental faculties are slipping away. Tonight was a perfect example- she repeatedly yelled "Put the batteries in your hearing aid!"...now you'd think that this would be something the caretaker would take care of....help the old woman out. Then it was, "You know my name, I'm not 'Hello'. I put my ear to the floor and could hear the old lady whimpering, "Please come back, I can't help it that I'm this way", and that just about broke my heart. I don't think there's been any physical abuse, because she has regular visitors, both family and friends, as well as a healthcare professional. But when it's just the two of them, it seems like there is a seriously flawed situation that has developed. And when I'm not home, it might be worse. I'm not sure if I should call my landlord (her son). Does anyone have any experience with a similar situation?

F*ckin' lacrosse, yeah!!!

I hardly ever post on my Red Sox forum...I talk baseball with people face to face just about every day....hanging around that forum would do my head in

Miller's Crossing The Milagro Beanfield War A Soldier's Story Riff Raff

Just finished "Django Unchained"....garbage. The German actor was very good, but it sucked as a film. I expected better after the enjoyable "Inglorious Basterds"

Our kids play nervous at home, and it doesn't get more nerve wracking than this...Benteke is one of the young ones who doesn't seem to play panicky, so I hope he sees plenty of the ball. We really have to win this, and it's gonna be grueling to watch

The last 2 episodes of Game of Thrones have been riveting. Top notch stuff. Debating if I should give the books another try.

Love it. Love the look of the "Accurate Map", it looks like veins...

And pigs do fly

Looking more and more like it'll be us or Wigan. They've got a game in hand, better GD, and play us at home...not looking good right now.

And our goal difference gets worse and worse...