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Senator Brownsberger has been corresponding with the State Police to learn more about the requirements for certified firearms safety courses in the Commonwealth and has learned the following: As you can see in the application for certification as a basic firearms safety course instructor, to become a certified course instructor, you must be an instructor …
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To the Honorable Senator Will Brownsberger, In the fall of 2005,I drove from Rockford, Illinois to Columbus, Ohio to testify before the Senate Judiciary Hearings on SB-17, advocating measures eliminating timelines for survivors of childhood trauma. The following is, “My Story,” which was written in about forty-five minutes at the capital’s downtown Kinko’s, at 6:00 …
Like most of you, I spent Friday at home, checking eagerly for news — mostly confident that the outcome would eventually be good, praying that no more people would be hurt. People close to the killer-on-the-loose spent a night and day in real fear. From where I was, over a mile away from the boat, …
As a marathoner and also someone who grew up loving Copley Square, I feel deeply the violation of a holy space by senseless violence. Our hopes and prayers are with the victims and first responders. I appreciate the great resolve expressed by the President and all in federal, state and local law enforcement to bring …
In a recent email circulated among advocates on this issue, it was suggested that
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary has announced to Senators and Senate staff that it will hold a hearing on bills intended to extend the statutes of limitations in child sexual abuse cases, both civil and criminal, on May 7, 2013, in Room A2 of the State House at 1:00 p.m. This hearing is open to the public, …
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