HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1145        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 908

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Rady Mom

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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 prohibiting gunfire directed at dwelling houses.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Rady Mom

18th Middlesex

1/18/2017

Marian Ryan (District Attorney)

 

1/20/2017

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

 

Timothy R. Whelan

1st Barnstable

 

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

 

Tackey Chan

2nd Norfolk

 

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

 

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1145        FILED ON: 1/18/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 908

By Mr. Mom of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 908) of Rady Mom and others relative to the penalties for using a weapon with intent to strike a dwelling house.  The Judiciary.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4314 OF 2015-2016.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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

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An Act prohibiting gunfire directed at dwelling houses.

 

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 General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after section 12F the following section:--

Section 12G: Whoever discharges an assault weapon, firearm, large capacity weapon, machine gun, rifle, sawed-off shotgun, or shotgun, as defined in section one hundred twenty-one of chapter one hundred forty, with the intent to strike a dwelling, and as a result does strike a dwelling, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 ½ years, or in state prison for not more than 5 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or both such imprisonment and fine.