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Middleborough Gun Shop Owner Defies Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Order To Close, Cites Second Amendment

Matthew McDonald

A Middleborough gun shop owner is defying Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's ban on gun shops during the coronavirus emergency, instead offering curbside service to customers similar to the way restaurants are offering takeout food to customers.

"This thing with the governor, all the rest of the country, most gun shops are open. This governor, his plan is to shut down the gun shops, not because the spread of the pandemic, it's all about taking away our rights. It's all about preventing the sales of guns," said John Costa, owner of The Gunrunner, of Midddleborough, according to MassLive.com.

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The Time Harvard Picked the Chinese Communist Party Over A Chinese Dissident

Matthew McDonald

Chinese dissident Teng Biao was a visiting fellow at Harvard Law School on March 10, 2015 when a high-ranking Harvard official ordered him to cancel a talk about his experiences in China because the university's president was scheduled to meet with the president of China and Teng's talk would embarrass the university.

Teng was also ordered by the Harvard official not to tell anybody about the cancellation – which the Harvard official called a "postponement," even though the event was never to happen.

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