HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 137        FILED ON: 1/13/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2488

 

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:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/13/2021

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/20/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/27/2021

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/26/2021

Tami L. Gouveia

14th Middlesex

4/14/2021

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

9/17/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 137        FILED ON: 1/13/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2488

By Mr. Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2488) of David Paul Linsky and others relative to prosecution for the sale of illegal firearms.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2094 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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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