Amendment ID: S2265-45

Amendment 45

Improving Gun Trafficking Enforcement

Ms. Donoghue and Ms. Candaras move to amend the bill by striking out lines 1208 through 1218, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“Section 10I. (a) Whoever transports a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or sawed-off shotgun into the commonwealth to use said weapon for the commission of criminal activity shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years in the state prison.

(b) Whoever transports a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or sawed-off shotgun into the commonwealth to unlawfully distribute, sell, or transfer possession of it to a prohibited person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years nor more than 20 years in the state prison.

(c) Whoever transports a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or sawed-off shotgun into the commonwealth to unlawfully distribute, sell, or transfer it to a prohibited person, and if such weapon is subsequently used to cause the death of another, shall be punished by a term of not less than 20 years in the state prison.”