Turnpike toll takers’ guns collected

Gun-toting toll collectors have been stripped of their sidearms by Mass Pike brass after secretly carrying them for decades without formal training, the Herald has learned.

“I didn’t want to have a wild west show out there,” said Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Executive Director Alan LeBovidge, who ordered the practice stopped. “I could find nothing to show that the employees had state police training that would make them qualified to carry guns.”

What? Is it complete blind luck that prevented any “wild west shows” for “decades”?

Typical gun control fear-mongering: Wring your hands about how bad things could get when years and years of practical real-world experience shows the exact opposite is true.

Via John Lott.

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