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To: The Massachusetts State House, The Massachusetts State Senate, and Governor Charlie Baker

Support Ron Amidon !

Keep Ron Amidon as Commissioner of the Department of Fish & Game.

Why is this important?

Court cases like Commonwealth vs Jonathan Villagran demonstrate Massachusetts gun laws don't work.

Villagran Decision Makes Public Schools Less Safe

In a dissent joined by Justice Elspeth Cypher, Justice David Lowy stated the obvious: any individual “who attempts to gain entry to a school, where public access is restricted, does not have the same expectation of privacy as an individual in a home, on a street corner, or even in a motor vehicle.” Justice Lowy would have found Sgt. Murphy’s patfrisk and search reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The alternative, he wrote, “would have been to return the backpack [to the suspect] and release him, without knowing what the bag contained, at a time students were likely milling about the school grounds.” The bottom line is the Villagran decision makes public schools less safe

http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/477/477mass711.html

Removing a qualified person, like Ron Amidon, as Commissioner of Fish & Game is a knee-jerk reaction NOT a long-term solution to Massachusetts gun laws.

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Julie Farrell