HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3818        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2370

 

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 close gun dealer loopholes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

1/20/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/25/2023

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

1/31/2023

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

1/31/2023

Jennifer Balinsky Armini

8th Essex

1/31/2023

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

2/7/2023

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

2nd Berkshire

2/8/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/4/2023

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

3/6/2023

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Worcester and Middlesex

7/11/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3818        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2370

By Representative Linsky of Natick, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2370) of David Paul Linsky and others relative to firearms sales and licensing.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act to close gun dealer loopholes.

 

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 121 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition of “weapon” the following definitions:-

“Frame”, the part of a firearm or variant of a firearm, that provides housing or a structure for the primary energized component designed to hold back the hammer, striker, bolt, or similar element, prior to initiation of the firing sequence, even if pins or other attachments are required to attach the component to the housing or structure.

“Receiver”, the part of a rifle or shotgun, or variants thereof, that provides housing or a structure for the primary component designed to block or seal the breech prior to initiation of the firing sequence, even if pins or other attachments are required to connect the component to the housing or structure.

SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 123 of said chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the twenty-first clause the following clause:- Twenty-second, That no licensee shall sell, lease, rent, transfer or deliver or offer for sale, lease, rent, transfer or delivery to a person a completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not an integrated component of a fully-assembled weapon.

SECTION 3. Said section 123 of said chapter 140, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 286, the words “licensing authority” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “the office of the attorney general".