LAURENCE, J.
In an era plagued by daily homicidal bomb attacks somewhere in the world, it provides perspective, if not comfort, to note that our concerns about such criminal activity are not unprecedented. The Massachusetts Legislature felt compelled to enact a statute proscribing the possession of "any bomb or other high explosive," see G. L. c. 148, § 35, as early as 1847 when it gave cities and towns the power to regulate substances used as explosives, St...
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