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Gun debates roiling Beacon, Capitol Hills

Gun debates roiling Beacon, Capitol Hills

STATE HOUSE — As Massachusetts members of Congress joined a protest on the floor of the U.S. House Wednesday over the refusal of GOP leadership to allow a vote on gun control, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said similar state-level bill could remain bottled up this session. DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat, supports the idea of denying a gun license to anyone on the federal government's terrorist watch or no-fly lists, but was hesitant Wednesday to promise any action on the measure this session, which en

STATE HOUSE — As Massachusetts members of Congress joined a protest on the floor of the U.S. House Wednesday over the refusal of GOP leadership to allow a vote on gun control, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said similar state-level bill could remain bottled up this session. DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat, supports the idea of denying a gun license to anyone on the federal government's terrorist watch or no-fly lists, but was hesitant Wednesday to promise any action on the measure this session, which en…