“The odds that a local police officer in Massachusetts has access to a military-grade assault rifle, whether in the trunk of a cruiser or at a police station, are far stronger than authorities have previously revealed. Some 82 cities and towns across the Commonwealth have introduced a total of 1,057 such rifles to their arsenals over the last decade, state public safety officials confirmed yesterday, many of them acquired in recent years in response to the fear of terrorist attacks. State officials refused to release a list of which cities and towns have deployed what weapons, citing security concerns.” [editor’s note: And so the police state expands, in a state where 2nd Amendment rights for its citizens have long been suppressed - SAT] (06/03/09)