SENATE DOCKET, NO. 298        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1189

 

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 the lawful sale of ammunition..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Stephen M. Brewer

Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex

Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.

12th Hampden

Elizabeth A. Poirier

14th Bristol

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

Bradford Hill

4th Essex

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

Demetrius J. Atsalis

2nd Barnstable

Daniel B. Winslow

9th Norfolk

Anne M. Gobi

5th Worcester

Dennis A. Rosa

4th Worcester

Viriato Manuel deMacedo

1st Plymouth

George T. Ross

2nd Bristol

Michael O. Moore

 

George N. Peterson, Jr.

9th Worcester

Bruce E. Tarr

 

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. 298        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1189

By Mr. Brewer, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1189) of Frost, Hill, Gifford and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the lawful sale of ammunition [Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security].

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 927 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 the lawful sale of ammunition..

 

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 123 of Chapter 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by inserting the following language at the end of the section:

No company located outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be required to be licensed under this section. Said companies shall be entitled to sell ammunition to persons properly licensed to possess ammunition under sections 129B or 131 of this chapter, through the internet, U.S. Mail or by any other means common to interstate commerce, provided that the seller must maintain on file a copy of the buyer’s FID Card or License to Carry firearms. Said file must be maintained for a period of not less than three years after the completion of the sale. All deliveries of ammunition under this paragraph, whether in person or by common carrier, must require the signature of the licensed buyer.

Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit companies outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from selling ammunition to persons licensed under sections 122 or 122B of this chapter. All deliveries of ammunition under this paragraph, whether in person or by common carrier, must require the signature of the licensee or their adult agent.