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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts) Tue May 20, 2014, 05:49 AM May 2014

Mental exam ordered for man who had 2 guns at Boston University commencement

Source: Associated Press

BOSTON -- A mental health evaluation has been ordered for a Massachusetts man accused of trying to take two loaded handguns into a Boston University commencement.

Marshfield resident Andrea Massa was arrested by university police at a bag check area Sunday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of carrying a firearm on school grounds, disturbing a school and disturbing a public assembly. A judge set bail at $100,000.

The Boston Globe reports defense attorney Charles Humphreys said in court Massa mistakenly believed his firearms license allowed him to carry the concealed weapons.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/05/mental_exam_ordered_for_man_wh.html#incart_river_default

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Mental exam ordered for man who had 2 guns at Boston University commencement (Original Post) SecularMotion May 2014 OP

One of many reasons I will never move from Boston to Florida. merrily May 2014 #1

+1 MannyGoldstein May 2014 #5

Exactly. merrily May 2014 #11

Perhaps a massacre was just averted... Helen Borg May 2014 #2

Why did he feel it necessary to come armed to a college commencement? Fortinbras Armstrong May 2014 #3

Cowards... mikeysnot May 2014 #6

2 Guns intaglio May 2014 #4

'Up to no damn good' IMO. freshwest May 2014 #9

His ignorance of the law defense MissMillie May 2014 #7

What will the "mental exam" reveal...??? CanSocDem May 2014 #8

What an idiot sakabatou May 2014 #10

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. One of many reasons I will never move from Boston to Florida.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 05:57 AM

May 2014

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

5. +1

Reply to merrily (Reply #1)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:15 AM

May 2014

In Florida he'd invoke "stand your ground" and receive a public apology and a $1.3 million settlement.

merrily

(45,251 posts)

11. Exactly.

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #5)

Wed May 21, 2014, 01:35 AM

May 2014

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)

2. Perhaps a massacre was just averted...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 06:09 AM

May 2014

TWO? LOADED?...

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)

3. Why did he feel it necessary to come armed to a college commencement?

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 06:58 AM

May 2014

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

6. Cowards...

Reply to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #3)

Tue May 20, 2014, 09:43 AM

May 2014

I need to go to the mall with my gun mentality...

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

4. 2 Guns

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 07:01 AM

May 2014

Why 2 guns? Why did he go in separately from his wife?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

9. 'Up to no damn good' IMO.

Reply to intaglio (Reply #4)

Tue May 20, 2014, 11:48 AM

May 2014

MissMillie

(38,560 posts)

7. His ignorance of the law defense

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 10:51 AM

May 2014

will never hold up.

He's a Massachusetts resident who didn't even have a firearms license--and he didn't KNOW he needed a license.

Nevermind where he was carrying the guns. There's just no way that he didn't know he needed a license.

CanSocDem

(3,286 posts)

8. What will the "mental exam" reveal...???

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 11:26 AM

May 2014

As I sat here trying to think of something that wouldn't get me censured, the best I could think of was that it would probably be determined that he was a good American, lethal and dangerous, but unfocused on a target.

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sakabatou

(42,155 posts)

10. What an idiot

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Tue May 20, 2014, 12:25 PM

May 2014

>.<

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