Chapter 140 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 122D the following section:-
Section 122E No licensed dealer, shall deliver a firearm to a person, as follows:
(a) Within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after notice by the United States Department of Justice, the commonwealth or the licensing authority, within 10 days of the submission the lincensing authority of any correction to the application, or within 10 days of the submission to the licensing authority of any fee required, whichever is later.
(b) Unless unloaded and securely wrapped or unloaded and in a locked container.
(c) Unless the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned the firearm presents clear evidence of the persons identity and age to the licensed dealer.
(d) Whenever the licensed dealer is notified by the United States Department of Justice, the commonwealth or the licensing authoritythat the person is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm.
(e) No handgun shall be delivered unless the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned the handgun presents a handgun safety certificate to the licensed dealer.
(f) No handgun shall be delivered whenever the licensed dealer is notified by the United States Department of Justice, the commonwealth or the licensing authority that within the preceding 30-day period the purchaser has made another application to purchase a handgun and that the previous application to purchase involved none of the entities.
(g) That the licensed firearm dealer shall conspicuously post at each purchase counter the following warning in bold type not less than one inch in height: ''IT IS UNLAWFUL TO deliver a firearm to a person within 10 days of the application to purchase, or, after notice by the United States Department of Justice, the commonwealth or the licensing authority, within 10 days of the submission to the department of any correction to the application, or within 10 days of the submission to the department of any fee required, whichever is later.'', and that such licensee shall provide said warning, in writing, to the purchaser or transferee of any firearm, rifle, shotgun or machine gun in bold type not less than one-quarter inch in height.
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