A giant anti-gun billboard seen by tens of thousands of drivers along the Massachusetts Turnpike every day is coming down, but its message is being spread to three dozen new locations.
John Rosenthal, founder of the Newton nonprofit Stop Handgun Violence, tells The Boston Globe that new highway signs being installed around the state this week will read, "We're Not Anti-Gun. We're Pro-Life. Massachusetts Gun Laws Save Lives," and feature an assault rifle, with a white flag in the barrel.
Several billboard companies donated the space.
Rosenthal put up the original 250-foot-long billboard in 1995 on the garage he owned near Fenway Park. He sold the garage to the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and under the agreement must remove the billboard.
Gun rights advocates say the billboard is ineffective.
Mass. Anti-Gun Billboard Coming Down
Gun rights advocates say the billboard is ineffective
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