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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Paul Linsky and Cynthia Stone Creem
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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 large capacity feeding devices and devices that increase the rate of discharge of a weapon.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 10/4/2017 |
Cynthia Stone Creem | First Middlesex and Norfolk | 10/4/2017 |
Jack Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
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Carmine L. Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
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Tricia Farley-Bouvier | 3rd Berkshire |
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Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk |
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Adrian Madaro | 1st Suffolk |
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Ruth B. Balser | 12th Middlesex |
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Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex | 10/5/2017 |
Aaron Vega | 5th Hampden |
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Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex | 10/4/2017 |
Byron Rushing | 9th Suffolk |
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Michelle M. DuBois | 10th Plymouth |
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Jay R. Kaufman | 15th Middlesex |
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Frank I. Smizik | 15th Norfolk |
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Daniel J. Ryan | 2nd Suffolk |
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David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex | 10/10/2017 |
William Driscoll | 7th Norfolk |
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Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex |
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Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands |
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Michael S. Day | 31st Middlesex |
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William N. Brownsberger | Second Suffolk and Middlesex |
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Cory Atkins | 14th Middlesex |
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Denise Provost | 27th Middlesex |
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Dylan Fernandes | Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket |
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Thomas M. McGee | Third Essex |
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Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex |
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James J. Dwyer | 30th Middlesex |
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Jonathan Hecht | 29th Middlesex |
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Kate Hogan | 3rd Middlesex |
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Cindy F. Friedman | Fourth Middlesex |
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Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex |
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Jennifer E. Benson | 37th Middlesex |
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Jeffrey N. Roy | 10th Norfolk |
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Peter V. Kocot | 1st Hampshire |
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Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester |
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Steven Ultrino | 33rd Middlesex |
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Carole A. Fiola | 6th Bristol |
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Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex |
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Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester | 10/6/2017 |
Lori A. Ehrlich | 8th Essex | 10/6/2017 |
Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk | 10/6/2017 |
Diana DiZoglio | 14th Essex |
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Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex | 10/6/2017 |
Smitty Pignatelli | 4th Berkshire |
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Thomas P. Walsh | 12th Essex |
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Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex |
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Solomon Goldstein-Rose | 3rd Hampshire |
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Linda Dean Campbell | 15th Essex | 10/6/2017 |
Walter F. Timilty | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth |
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Linda Dorcena Forry | First Suffolk |
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James M. Cantwell | 4th Plymouth |
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Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk |
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Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
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Denise C. Garlick | 13th Norfolk | 10/10/2017 |
RoseLee Vincent | 16th Suffolk |
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Eileen M. Donoghue | First Middlesex |
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Louis L. Kafka | 8th Norfolk |
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Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Bristol |
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Daniel Cahill | 10th Essex |
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Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex |
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James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4266 FILED ON: 10/4/2017
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By Representative Linsky of Natick and Senator Creem, a joint petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of David Paul Linsky, Cynthia Stone Creem and others relative to sale of devices that increase the rate of discharge of certain 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 prohibiting large capacity feeding devices and devices that increase the rate of discharge of a weapon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 131M of Chapter 140 of General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out in line 2 after the word “weapon” the following: “or a large capacity feeding device”; line 3 after the year “1994”, by inserting “or a large capacity feeding device” and by inserting after the second paragraph the following:-
“Whoever possesses, owns or offers for sale any device which is designed to increase the rate of discharge of a rifle, shotgun or firearm or alters any rifle, shotgun or firearm with the intent to increase its rate of discharge, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison by not less than three nor more than twenty years.”