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by Paladin
Wed Jul 31, 2019 4:42 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: How bad it is in Massachusetts
Replies: 30
Views: 9811

Re: How bad it is in Massachusetts

Thinking about the influence of organized crime in certain anti-2nd Amendment locations (Chicago, California), there are some good books on the subject of mafia influence of government:

The Outfit is about the Chicago Mafia

Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers covers the expansion of the Chicago mafia into California and their expanded influence on Hollywood and politics.
by Paladin
Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:46 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: How bad it is in Massachusetts
Replies: 30
Views: 9811

Re: How bad it is in Massachusetts

DynamicDan wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2019 3:10 pm Uh, a lot of union members are gun owners.
True
by Paladin
Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:10 am
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: How bad it is in Massachusetts
Replies: 30
Views: 9811

Re: How bad it is in Massachusetts

It seems to me that US gun control tends to be the most restrictive in places where organized crime has the deepest roots. NYC is case in point:

The strange birth of NY’s gun laws

While they try to deny it these days, the Kennedy family certainly sold a lot of liquor back in the day:
In the Twenties, rumour had it that Kennedy was a bootlegger, importing and selling illicit liquor. Doris Kearns, the only historian to have access to Kennedy's papers, found scant evidence there to support the claims made by, among others, the gangsters Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky of large underworld deals. But Kennedy went into the Prohibition era with large stocks of liquor from his father's stores, and on the day it ended he had three lucrative franchises for British whisky and gin, a company to important them, and a network of retailers already in place. It was the work of a man who knew well where the subterranean rivers of illicit booze had run during Prohibition, but kept the knowledge close. His papers guard it still.
The bootleg politician

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