Littleton mill
The Littleton mill is a building located at 410 Great Road and 450 King street in Littleton, Massachusetts.[1] It is notable as having the highest concentration of federally-licensed firearms dealers[2] (between seventy-five[3] or eighty-three vendors[4]) in one building in the entire United States.
History
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The original building on the site was called the Conant Houghton Co. Building[5] and was built in 1880, and was involved in the processing of apples,[1] and later textiles.[6][7]
Firearms
[edit]The building currently has 83 firearms dealers as tenants.[8] A Boston Globe article published this fact in late 2022[9] and as a result, many residents protested,[10] having previously been unaware of the existence of so many retailers in their town.[11][12] The retailers had not had a police inspection in years.[13]
In 2023, one dealer in the mill was federally charged after guns he had sold to a straw buyer were used in a shooting.[14][15][16]
References
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- ^ a b "Littleton mill building sold to Lawrence developer for $5.3M". Worcester Business Journal.
- ^ "Firearms dealer from controversial Littleton gun shop cluster facing federal charges". CBS News. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ Kim, Kyle; Wahid, Raeedah; Murray, Paul. "Small Gunmakers Find State Weapons Bans Offer a Lucrative Niche". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ Ryler, Sarah L. (February 2, 2023). "Dozens of ATF inspectors descend on gun vendors at Littleton mill following dealer's arrest". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Littleton Common: Then and Now". www.littletonhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "The Stubblebine Company represents M.I.R. Associates Realty Trust and 450 King Street LLC in $5.3 million sale". nerej.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Littleton Common: Then and Now". www.littletonhistoricalsociety.org. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ Ryley, Sarah L. (September 24, 2022). "Littleton is in an uproar at hosting at least 80 gun dealers inside old mill building". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ Ryley, Sarah L. (September 10, 2022). "At an old mill in Littleton, gun dealers openly defy Maura Healey's assault weapon decrees". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Littleton residents outraged by gun shop cluster in old mill". CBS News. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "'They're not hiding': Littleton mill businesses say they're unconcerned with gun retailers, safety". Lowell Sun. 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ Sánchez-Vallejo, María Antonia (2022-10-27). "A weapons bazaar in the heart of Democratic America". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ Ryley, Sarah L. (February 17, 2023). "Healey administration begins training police in how to inspect gun dealers amid concern laws aren't being enforced". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "District of Massachusetts | Federal Firearms Licensee and Boston Man Indicted for Firearm Trafficking and Straw Purchasing Conspiracy". United States Department of Justice. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Littleton gun dealer charged with selling guns — later found at a crime scene — that he knew would go to an underage man". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Massachusetts is not the gun-control beacon it once was". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
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