HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 838        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

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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:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 838        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2094

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1280 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 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