HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 802        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1280

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Paul Linsky

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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 to clarify the prosecution of illegal guns.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/17/2017

Lori A. Ehrlich

8th Essex

 

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 

Michael J. Barrett

Third Middlesex

 

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

Daniel Cullinane

12th Suffolk

 

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

 

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

 

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex

 

Alice Hanlon Peisch

14th Norfolk

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 802        FILED ON: 1/17/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1280

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1280) of David Paul Linsky and others relative to prosecution for the sale of illegal firearms.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act to clarify the prosecution of illegal guns.

 

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 128 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the first paragraph the following new paragraph:-

Any licensee under a license described in section one hundred and twenty-three, and any employee or agent of such a license, who sells, rents, leases, delivers or offers for sale, rent, lease transfer or delivery a firearm not listed on the approved firearm roster established pursuant to section 131 ¾  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.

SECTION 2.  Section 131 ¾ of said chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking in line 5 the words “weapons referred to” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- firearms which meet or exceed the testing criteria.

SECTION 3.  Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect upon passage