Police Log
Gun Scare on MBTA Bus in Arlington Center
See what had passengers running for cover late Sunday afternoon.
A man carrying what appeared to be a handgun had passengers on an MBTA bus in Arlington Center yelling and running for cover late Sunday afternoon. Six Arlington Police officers responded to the bus, which had been pulled over in front of Shanghai Village restaurant at 434 Massachusetts Ave., at about 4:29 p.m. for a report of a man with a gun. The man had exited the bus and walked away from the scene by the time police arrived, according to the police report. After a short search, police located the suspect walking on Broadway, toward Somerville, and determined that the handgun-like object was actually a BB gun, specifically a Powerline Airstrike 240 (photo examples). The BB gun was loaded, and the man also had a canister of .24-caliber …
Donald Mei
11:40 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
BD, MA does not have a law prohibiting open carry. However because of the suitability requirement, you have a LTC at the pleasure of the local issuing authority. In our case Chief Ryan, and if Chief Ryan doesn't like OCing and you do it, your LTC is gone. Chief Ryan is not a stupid man. The majority of Arlington residents are liberal anti-gun folks. If he decided to allow (and yes thats the power… more ›