School Administrator Who Faces Gun and OUI Charges Resigns

Kevin Meagher of Saugus was the interim business manager for Marblehead Public Schools. Police say he was drunk, behind the wheel and armed with a loaded .38.

RESIGNED: School Official Facing Drunken Driving and Gun Charges Steps Down

Kevin Meagher, the interim business manager for Marblehead Schools, has resigned, according to an email sent to school staff.

A highly-placed administrator with Marblehead's public schools has resigned in the wake of allegations he was driving drunk with a loaded .38 on his hip. Kevin Meagher, 47, of Saugus was the interim business manager for the district. Superintendent Greg Maass announced Meagher's resignation Wednesday in an email to staffers. Meagher was released on $2,500 cash bail Tuesday after his arraignment on charges including operating under the influence (second offense) and being a licensee carrying a loaded weapon while intoxicated. He also faces charges of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lane violations and speeding. On Monday night at 8:14 Meagher was stopped by police after his Ford Expedition almost hit a cruiser on the outbound…

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How Many Marblehead Residents Have Gun Permits?

President Barack Obama's proposals for new gun control measures have everyone talking. But do you know how many of your neighbors might be armed?

In the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, President Barack Obama has made several new proposals for increased gun control. That got us thinking. How many Marblehead residents have a gun license? The answer: 849, if you're talking about the most common type of gun license. In bureaucratic-speak, that's the "Resident Class A Large Capacity License to Carry Firearms." According to the Globe, it's the only Massachusetts license that lets individuals carry a concealed weapon and own any type of legal gun. To put that 849 person figure in context, Marblehead's population is 19,808 according to the 2010 Census. That means about 4 percent of Headers have the most common type of gun license. Since 2008, the number of people with a gun …

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Anne Sweeney

2:37 am on Monday, January 21, 2013

What has President Obama done to curtail and revamp the rating systems. Young kids have access to the most horrific violence through the internet. All the new movies have killing and guns as their main draw ? Continuous Gun Violence over the Main Stream Media has to stop, if the problem is to be addressed in a civil fashion. GUN VIOLENCE in the movies and in Video Games, need enforcement in the …   more ›

TELL US: Should Massachusetts Gun Control Laws be Loosened?

A Massachusetts gun owners group is lobbying for passage of a bill that would confer lifetime gun licenses — no renewals necessary.

Way too much red tape. That's the complaint of the Gun Owners’ Action League of Massachusetts, a group that is urging passage of a law that would abolish the requirement of having to renew a gun permit every six years, according to the Boston Herald. For comparison, Massachusetts vehicle drivers' licenses need to be renewed every five years. But the league says local police cannot keep up with timely gun permit renewals, and legitimate gunowners go license-less until the cops get time to do the paperwork.  The law now allows 40 days for turning around license applications. In Boston, almost 1,000 people have applied for gun permits so far this year, with waits running about 10 weeks, the Herald quotes police spokeswoman Cheryl Fiandaca as …

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