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Gun Shop: Is It More Dangerous Than A Tobacco Shop?

Community has mixed opinions regarding a new business near the Amity Teen Center.

 

A zoning application now being considered for the area on Selden Street near the Amity Teen Center has caused a buzz since March.

While some say a gun store near the Teen Center would be bad, but others dispute that the Teen Center located itself in the neighborhood across from a beer brewery and next door to a bar.

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Nearby are places that sell cigarettes, which is more dangerous, as there aren't as many restrictions on those businesses, according to the residents who spoke to Orange Patch.

See this story in the Amity Observer.

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