Democrats vote to make gun reform debate private after senator describes personal threats

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Democrats vote to make gun reform debate private after senator describes personal threats

A panel of lawmakers hashing out differences between competing proposals to reform Massachusetts’ gun laws opted to move negotiations into a private setting after one legislator said she was concerned about recent threats from a man who previously harassed her family. Four Democrats carried a vote to move all meetings into executive session. They cited concerns about future legal challenges to any compromise they produce, personal threats, and t…