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Gun Shop Owner Admits To Selling/Owning Illegal Firearms - Including Homemade Machinegun
The co-owner of a local gun shop has admitted to owning and/or selling illegal machineguns and other banned firearms.
Max T. Gaj, 29, of Belchertown and co-owner of Dark Horse Gunsmithing in South Hadley, pleaded guilty on Friday, Sept. 25, to receipt and possession of unregistered firearms, receipt, and possession of National Firearm Act (NFA) firearms not identified by serial number, making a firearm in violation of the NFA, selling firearms in violation of state and local laws, as well as making false entries and properly maintaining records, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Massac…
Covid-19: College-Town Businesses More Likely To Stay Closed
College town businesses that closed due to COVID-19 conditions are 24 percent more likely to stay permanently closed once the virus is gone compared to communities without institutions of higher education, according to a recent Yelp analysis.
Northern Connecticut and Western Massachusetts are home to many communities with economies that depend on business serving higher education institutions and people - especially:
- Worcester, MA: (Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Assumption College, UMass Worcester, Becker College, etc.),
- Hartford, CT: (Hartford University, Trinity…
