HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1925        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 789

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul K. Frost and Michael O. Moore

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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 noise reduction devices.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul K. Frost

7th Worcester

1/19/2017

Joseph D. McKenna

18th Worcester

1/26/2017

Todd M. Smola

1st Hampden

3/14/2018

Peter J. Durant

6th Worcester

3/14/2018

James R. Miceli

19th Middlesex

3/14/2018

Shawn Dooley

9th Norfolk

3/14/2018

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

3/14/2018

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

3/14/2018

Sheila C. Harrington

1st Middlesex

3/14/2018

Donald F. Humason, Jr.

Second Hampden and Hampshire

3/14/2018

Paul R. Heroux

2nd Bristol

3/14/2018

Chris Walsh

6th Middlesex

3/14/2018

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

3/14/2018

Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr.

5th Worcester

3/14/2018

John C. Velis

4th Hampden

3/14/2018


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1925        FILED ON: 1/19/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 789

By Representative Frost of Auburn and Senator Moore, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 789) of Paul K. Frost and others relative to penalties for the possession of silencers or firearm noise reduction devices.  The Judiciary.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act relative to noise reduction devices.

 

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

Section 10A of Chapter 269 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by deleting the section in its entirety and inserting in its place the following:

Section 10A.

Any person found to be in possession of a firearm suppressor who is:

(a)a prohibited person under section 131 of chapter 140;

(b)in the commission of a violent crime or felony;

(c)in the commission of a crime of violence against a family member;

(d)conducting sales or has possession of controlled substances as defined in chapter 94C;

shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years in state prison or for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.

The term “firearm suppressor” or “firearm noise reduction device” means any device for muffling or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication. For the purposes of this section the term “firearm suppressor” or “firearm noise reduction device” shall have the same meaning as Federal Law 18 USC 921(24).