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Massachusetts: State Supreme Court upholds trigger-lock law

In a case that drew attention from the Gun Owners Action League and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a state law requiring trigger locks on guns kept in people's homes.

Read About It: The Boston Globe

Posted: 3/11/2010 9:32:13 AM

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