Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza initially supported a ban of single-use plastic bags used in supermarkets and stores, but he vetoed a measure approved by the city council after the city's Racial and Environmental Justice Committee expressed concerns that it would hurt poor people.
The ordinance would ban single-use plastic bags and require retailers to charge at least 10 cent apiece for other types of bags, according to the Providence Journal.
A hundred-dollar license application fee, a $100 certified safety course, a $100 firearms identification card, fingerprints, background check, approval by local police chief, and a shooting accuracy test if you're a resident of Boston — plus a wait of up to 40 days — and presto!, you may get a license to carry a handgun in Massachusetts.
But what if, like the nonresident student reporter, you aim isn't that great?
