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Despite killing two people, Kyle Rittenhouse stands to become a celebrity

The 18-year-old walked despite killing two men, and stands to become a celebrity as a 2nd Amendment hero. It’s small comfort that he couldn’t have pulled it off in Massachusetts. Kyle Rittenhouse dodged a potential life sentence after a jury decided his shooting and killing of two unarmed men amounted to self-defense. Having dodged a… Continue Reading →

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Smith & Wesson chooses business and profits over lives and gun safety (Guest viewpoint)

Student protesters rally outside Smith & Wesson in Springfield in 2018, calling on the manufacturer to help stop gun violence. Earlier this month, Smith & Wesson announced plans to move some manufacturing operations to Tennessee, claiming it was “under attack” by gun safety advocates who initiated legislation to ban the manufacture of firearms that are… Continue Reading →

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Business leaders propose new plan for Mass and Cass crisis

The plan calls for a new city ordinance to ban tents and encampments on city streets. A quartet of business leaders has put forward a plan to help bring an end to the humanitarian crisis at “Mass and Cass” in Boston, pushing for a new ban on the encampments prevalent in the area as well… Continue Reading →

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What lab glut? Boston’s ‘only scratching the surface’ of biotech demand, panel says

Developer John E. Rosenthal’s long-envisioned Fenway Center will house nearly 1 million square feet of lab space above the Massachusetts Turnpike. These days, it seems every new development proposal in the Greater Boston region has one central component: lab space. It’s enough to make some wonder if the region could soon suffer from a lab… Continue Reading →

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Congratulations to Boston’s Nicest, Most Stubborn Developer

John Rosenthal Soon to Break Ground on His Dream Project Over Mass. Pike It looks like John Rosenthal will finally see his vision for a dramatic air-rights project next to Fenway Park come true after nearly 20 years of trying. Image courtesy of Gensler An anti-gun violence activist, John Rosenthal may be best known for… Continue Reading →

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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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