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Restrictions work, says man who brought Massachusetts gun deaths to record low

The state has the lowest US gun death rates, and John Rosenthal says mass shootings won’t stop without real national action John Rosenthal, founder of Stop Handgun Violence, during a panel discussion in Boston in 2013. Photograph: Steven Senne/AP In 2020, even as many Americans remained cloistered in their homes under the pandemic, 19,380 died… Continue Reading →

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Approaching Boston from the west will never be the same: Long-planned Fenway Center’s about to rise

An artist’s rendering of the Fenway Center project, being built with air rights above the Massachusetts Turnpike.COURTESY OF IQHQ The drive into downtown Boston from the west is about to change forever. So is the walk from Kenmore Square over to Fenway Park. That’s because work is set to begin imminently on the long-planned Fenway… Continue Reading →

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Stop Handgun Violence Co-Founder On New Push For Gun Control From Biden White House

After two back-to-back mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder left a total of 18 people dead, Congress is once again debating gun control proposals — including measures like expanded background checks that the overwhelming majority of voters support. John Rosenthal, co-founder of the advocacy group Stop Handgun Violence, joined Jim Braude to discuss. View Original… Continue Reading →

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Massachusetts proves that we don’t have to live with mass shootings

In 2013, John Rosenthal posed in front of the billboard along the Mass. Pike tallying the gun deaths in the state. BILL GREENE/GLOBE STAFF John Rosenthal has been a hunter longer than he has been a gun control activist. So he has a fascination with what government is, and isn’t, willing to regulate when it… Continue Reading →

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Reducing the Cost of Gun Violence

John Rosenthal, co-founder of Stop Handgun Violence, details the impact of Massachusetts’ success with public policy on gun control and the choices officials must make to replicate that success nationwide.

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As Massachusetts shows, strong gun-safety laws work

Other states should follow suit. Globe staff illustration; Guy Sagi/Adobe For gun-safety activists or everyday Massachusetts citizens concerned about gun violence, it doesn’t get much better than this. Newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show Massachusetts is the state with the least amount of gun violence per capita, while a… Continue Reading →

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Individual Gun Ownership Is Not at Stake in This Election | Opinion

John E. Rosenthal Co-founder, Stop Handgun Violence As a long-time gun owner, shooting sports enthusiast, businessperson and gun safety advocate, I can say with complete certainty that gun ownership is not at stake in this fall’s election. It is well-settled law that private firearm ownership is a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the… Continue Reading →

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First residential building at the $1.3 billion Fenway Center now open – developed by Gerding Edlen, Meredith Management and Nuveen Real Estate

Boston, MA Bower, the anticipated residential development that is Phase 1 of the 1.3 million s/f transit-oriented, mixed-use Fenway Center complex, has opened the first of two residential buildings. The project is located adjacent to Fenway Park and the Lansdowne Commuter Rail Station, and re-imagines an underutilized urban crossroads as a walkable, pedestrian-oriented community that… Continue Reading →

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Column: We will get through this; what we do next matters just as much

This is a moment in time that we should never forget. There are still many unknowns about how widespread and over what time frame the coronavirus will impact ourselves, our country and our planet. While we all wait for answers, physical distancing is absolutely critical until this deadly virus spread-curve flattens, testing is wide-spread and… Continue Reading →

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IQHQ Receives Unanimous BPDA Approval for Amendment to State-of-the-Art Fenway Center Project

Key milestone advances planned development that will meet growing demand for premier life science real estate in the Boston market BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IQHQ, Inc., a premier life sciences real estate development company, today announced that its Fenway Center PDA amendment has been unanimously approved by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA). The revised plan for… Continue Reading →

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