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Globe targets assault rifles, Ayotte in editorial wrap

Globe targets assault rifles, Ayotte in editorial wrap

BOSTON – In a move reminiscent of its one-time parent, the Boston Globe put its editorial opinion front and center Thursday, wrapping the newspaper with a package urging tighter gun controls under a red-letter headline: "Make it stop." The paper's move reflected a Dec. 5 New York Times front page which prominently displayed an editorial calling for a ban on military assault-style weapons like those used both in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack and in the massacre in Orlando this

BOSTON – In a move reminiscent of its one-time parent, the Boston Globe put its editorial opinion front and center Thursday, wrapping the newspaper with a package urging tighter gun controls under a red-letter headline: "Make it stop." The paper's move reflected a Dec. 5 New York Times front page which prominently displayed an editorial calling for a ban on military assault-style weapons like those used both in the San Bernardino, California, terrorist attack and in the massacre in Orlando this…