Yeah. We saw people just casually walking by towards where it happened when we were hiding at the back of Lens Crafters about 10mins after the event. There wasn't any visible security at that end of the mall. People were still trying to enter the mall as we left the back exit with the employees. It just felt very disorganized. There should have been police/security by every main entrance to alert people.

I didn’t get it until I read your comment. Can’t believe I blanked on Dr. Crusher.

Or maine

Holyoke is not the center of Western Mass (neither geographically, politically, economically, socially, etc) and we should all be glad of that fact.

But especially geographically https://ontheworldmap.com/usa/state/massachusetts/map-of-western-massachusetts.jpg

Considering Holyoke is pretty much in the dead center of western mass, you’re not wrong :P

It's Holyoke. They could fight WW3 there and most of it would fly under the radar. It's like the Vegas of Mass... What happens in Holyoke usually stays in Holyoke.

(I don't have good opinions of that town)

Suprised this hasn’t made national news yet

Depends on which one you want to be in, he has many of Main Street Stockbridge and surrounding areas.

my gym is inside the mall. thank god i was lazy and skipped yesterday

no lol. he's town manager in some cape cod town now Im pretty sure, our current mayor josh garcia was treasurer a few years prior and is our first puerto rican mayor :)

Certainly no Elm nor Chestnut in the second picture.

I'm gonna assume you're white lol

The exact same with me and my friends, I kept saying I thought of this happening we were by round 1 people were way too calm exiting, that it was hard to tell what was going on.

We were in lens crafters. They had us go to the back to hide.

Highly unlikely to be the same species. Reforestation, unless very specifically and actively managed, is “junk trees” first and it will take a few centuries to become and “old growth” forest. Still won’t be exactly the same as “before” - a different mix of animals is living there now and different environment surrounds it and there are all kinds of introduced plant species, etc. though constant change is the only constant in nature. After all, 17,000 years ago this area was just a solid sheet of ice.

House of seven gables (currently closed)

They tend to keep the big chains out. A lot of places in Maine are the same way.

I rolled through about 2-3 years ago and it still looked like a demilitiarized zone. There also ways been a hold out of stable communities the further out you get. But Holyoke was always a no go zone.

Hey how about shutting the fuck up

>I'm totally in support of stricter gun laws, but right now what you're saying simply isn't true.

What I am saying is 100% true.

>I have a MA LTC but not an FFL and it's perfectly legal for my to transport, or even carry on my person, my personal handgun(s) to/in other states. Not all other states; CT for example is very strict about non-residents carrying guns. Whereas NH or VT (I believe) it would be perfectly fine to go up for a range day with a buddy.

Yes, states that have constitutional carry or recognize MA LTC, you can possess your forearms in that state. You can CCW in a constitutional carry state.

You can not however, purchase or a handgun in another state and bring it back to your sate. You can not transfer a handgun and bring it back to your state. That is all illegal at a federal level. It must go through an FFL.

MA does not recognize any other state firearm license. A person from another state is not allow to carry a firearm in this state unless they possess a non-resident license.

The person I responded to stated that 90% of all firearm involved in a shooting came from a different state. This situation is highly regulated at the Federal level and the state level. The only way OP's statement is true is if those handguns went through a MA FFL.

If those handguns did not go through a FFL, the gun laws did not work.

No surprise

The ghost tour was very informative as well. I think I learned the most on that walking tour. It goes to various sites (cemetary, buildings) explaining the historical significance of events that happened there or people connected to the site. It's mildly about "ghosts", mostly about history.

Gorham, NH is a good home base in the White Mountains if you want to be stuck in the 1950’s.

Black Cat Tours are run by history nerds who do a good job of getting the facts right while still being very fun. I highly recommend them.

That's just not true. Native Americans did manage the forsests to a great degree, but it wasn't until the 19th century that the landscape became mostly open farmland.

https://www.gazettenet.com/Earth-Matters-How-the-English-colonists-transformed-the-forests-of-the-Pioneer-Valley-26199982