Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-692-R1

Redraft EPS 692

Firearms Data Collection

Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:-

“SECTION 4A.  Clause (10) of section 18 ¾ of said chapter 6A, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 284 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out the words “and (v) the effectiveness of section 128B of chapter 140” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “(v) the effectiveness of section 128B of chapter 140; and (vi) aggregate data concerning the annual number of transactions involving multiple purchases of firearms and the purchase of 5 or more firearms in a 4-month period by the same licensee, including an analysis of whether any such firearms were used in a crime identified and reported under section 131Q of chapter 140."; and

by inserting after section 46 the following section:-

“SECTION 46A. The second paragraph of section 131Q of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in section 70 of chapter 284 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by inserting after the words “in this section” the following words:- and data analyzing whether the license number used for the purchase or transfer of a firearm used in a crime was associated with the purchase or transfer of another firearm within a 12-month period and the number of such firearms purchased or transferred.”