HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1604 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2054
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Angelo L. D'Emilia
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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: | Date Added: |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth | 1/8/2019 |
Lenny Mirra | 2nd Essex | 1/23/2019 |
David F. DeCoste | 5th Plymouth | 1/24/2019 |
Steven S. Howitt | 4th Bristol | 1/25/2019 |
Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 1/29/2019 |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol | 1/29/2019 |
Joseph D. McKenna | 18th Worcester | 1/29/2019 |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester | 1/31/2019 |
Alyson M. Sullivan | 7th Plymouth | 2/1/2019 |
David Allen Robertson | 19th Middlesex | 2/1/2019 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1604 FILED ON: 1/16/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2054
By Mr. D'Emilia of Bridgewater, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2054) of Angelo L. D'Emilia and others for legislation to allow for the lawful sale of inert ammunition components from certain out-of-state vendors to lawfully licensed gun owners in the Commonwealth. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2485 OF 2017-2018.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)
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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 23 of Chapter 140 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by inserting the following language at the end of the section:
Notwithstanding any special law or regulation to the contrary nothing in this section shall be deemed as requiring a company outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to be required to be licensed under this section. Said companies shall be entitled to sell and deliver inert ammunition components to persons properly licensed to possess or purchase ammunition under sections, 129B or 131 of this chapter, through the internet, U.S. Mail or by any other means common to interstate commerce. All deliveries of ammunition under this paragraph, whether in person or by common carrier, must require the signature of the licensee and photographic identification.
For the purposes of this section the term "inert components" shall include, but not be limited to the following: cases, bullets, shot, wads.