SENATE DOCKET, NO. 295 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1186
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Stephen M. Brewer
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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 relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun..
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Stephen M. Brewer | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden |
Cleon H. Turner | 1st Barnstable |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
Thomas A. Golden, Jr. | 16th Middlesex |
Bradford Hill | 4th Essex |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth |
Demetrius J. Atsalis | 2nd Barnstable |
Anne M. Gobi | 5th Worcester |
Dennis A. Rosa | 4th Worcester |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Marc T. Lombardo | 22nd Middlesex |
Christine E. Canavan | 10th Plymouth |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
John J. Binienda | 17th Worcester |
Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden |
Richard Bastien | 2nd Worcester |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 295 FILED ON: 1/19/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1186
By Mr. Brewer, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1186) of Stephen M. Brewer, Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., Cleon H. Turner, Elizabeth A. Poirier and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 913 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12D of Chapter 269 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by deleting the following language:
(b) Except as exempted or provided by law, no person shall carry on his person on any public way an unloaded rifle or shotgun, unless such rifle or shotgun is enclosed in a case.
Whoever violates the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, and may be arrested without a warrant; provided, however, that if such unloaded rifle or shotgun is a large capacity weapon and is carried simultaneously with a fully or partially loaded large capacity feeding device, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and may be arrested without a warrant.
This subsection shall not apply to drills, parades, military reenactments or other commemorative ceremonies, color guards or memorial service firing squads, so-called, as permitted by law.