Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-998

JUD 998

Firearms Trafficking Research

Ms. Creem, Messrs. Eldridge and Barrett and Ms. Forry moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 0810-0000, by adding at the end thereof the following:- “; provided that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for research on gun violence administered by the attorney general, provided that a request for proposals be targeted at understanding the patterns of gun trafficking, including the purchase, movement, storage, and theft of guns used in homicides, suicides, or accidents, and other gun-related research, in order to provide evidence aimed at improving violence prevention programs or reducing the volume of guns in the possession of unlicensed individuals in the Commonwealth”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$23,344,018” and inserting in place thereof the figures “$23,544,018”