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Incoming Boston mayor, police clash over AR-15 proposal


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Fox News

12/30/13

 

Boston police are clashing with the city's incoming mayor over a proposal to arm some officers with AR-15 rifles.

 

Mayor-elect Martin Walsh came out against the plan over the weekend. The Boston Police Department had been pushing for a limited number of officers to carry the high-powered rifles, in light of recent mass shootings as well as the Boston Marathon bombing earlier this year.

 

But after the incoming mayor initially stayed mum on the idea, a spokeswoman for Walsh said he's not on board -- not yet, anyway.

 

"Mayor-elect Walsh is opposed to the AR-15 rifles," spokeswoman Kathryn Norton told FoxNews.com in an email. "Unless otherwise convinced by the Boston Police Department, he does not think they are necessary."

 

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Marty ever hear of the North Hollywood Shootout? How about the Norco shootout? The 1986 Miami Shootout?

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