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Tweet If you can’t ban gun ownership, what’s the next best (or worst) thing? Banning the purchase of a gun and ammunition, right? After all, if you make it incredibly difficult to purchase a gun, some otherwise would-be  gun owners will choose to go without, and if you’re a gun control fan, that’s a good thing. The town of Newton, Massachusetts is set to take another step towards a backdoor ban on gun shops tonight, when the local Zoning and Planning Committee meets to discuss a new firearms retailer that’s trying to open its doors downtown, much to the dismay and horror of hoplo...

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) First up was Newton, Massachusetts, where hundreds of residents have demanded that elected officials do something to prevent a gun shop from opening up in the downtown business district. Now the town of Wellesley is hoping to do the same, even though there are currently no gun stores inside the city limits and no known plans by anyone to try to open up a shop in town. When it comes to depriving people of their right to keep and bear arms, anti-gun activists are taking a pre-emptive approach. The Wellesley Planning Board will address zoning for gun shops at i...

Wellesley to hold hearing on zoning amendment involving gun business