Bill H.1287

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1590 FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1287

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Christine E. Canavan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act regarding breaking and entering of a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer.

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PETITION OF:

Name:	District/Address:	Date Added:
Christine E. Canavan	10th Plymouth	1/20/2011
Elizabeth A. Poirier	14th Bristol	2/4/2011
Jennifer E. Benson	37th Middlesex	2/3/2011
Stephen R. Canessa	12th Bristol	2/2/2011
Viriato Manuel deMacedo	1st Plymouth	1/28/2011
Geoff Diehl	7th Plymouth	2/3/2011
James J. Dwyer	30th Middlesex	1/31/2011
Anne M. Gobi	5th Worcester	2/2/2011
Donald F. Humason, Jr.	4th Hampden	2/3/2011
Randy Hunt	5th Barnstable	2/3/2011
Michael R. Knapik		2/3/2011
Steven L. Levy	4th Middlesex	2/1/2011
Marc T. Lombardo	22nd Middlesex	2/3/2011
George N. Peterson, Jr.	9th Worcester	2/3/2011
Dennis A. Rosa	4th Worcester	2/3/2011
George T. Ross	2nd Bristol	1/25/2011
Todd M. Smola	1st Hampden	2/3/2011
Bruce E. Tarr		1/28/2011
Daniel B. Winslow	9th Norfolk	1/31/2011
Gale D. Candaras		2/4/2011
Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	16th Middlesex	2/4/2011
Bradford Hill	4th Essex	2/4/2011
Richard T. Moore		2/4/2011
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.	12th Hampden	2/4/2011
John W. Scibak	2nd Hampshire	2/4/2011
Benjamin Swan	11th Hampden	2/3/2011
Cleon H. Turner	1st Barnstable	2/4/2011
Chris Walsh	6th Middlesex	2/4/2011

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1590 FILED ON: 1/20/2011

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1287

By Ms. Canavan of Brockton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1287) of Christine E. Canavan and others relative to penalties for breaking and entering a firearm retail wholesaler or manufacturer. The Judiciary.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1311 OF 2009-2010.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act regarding breaking and entering of a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 269 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by inserting the following section:

Section 10F. Breaking and Entering of a Firearm Retailer, Wholesaler or Manufacturer

Whoever in the nighttime or the daytime breaks and enters any building in which a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Whoever in the nighttime or the daytime breaks and enters any building in which a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business with the intent to unlawfully obtain a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machinegun or ammunition shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than ten years or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Whoever unlawfully obtains a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machinegun or ammunition by means of breaking and entering, in the nighttime or the daytime, any building in which a firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business and who unlawfully distributes said firearm, rifle, shotgun, machinegun or ammunition shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than ten years nor more than twenty years or by both such fine and imprisonment.