Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-986-R1

Redraft EPS 986

Crime Gun Data Analysis

Ms. Creem, Messrs. Eldridge and Brownsberger, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Tarr, Moore and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8000-0600, by adding the following words:- “; provided further, that the office of the secretary shall conduct or solicit proposals for a university or nonprofit to conduct an analysis of firearms trace data collected under section 131Q of chapter 140 of the General Laws and non-identifying gun sales transaction data held by the firearms records bureau; provided further, that the analysis shall determine: (i) the effectiveness of current reporting mechanisms for lost and stolen guns, including by identifying the number of guns traced to crime that were determined to have been lost or stolen and, of these, how many were reported lost or stolen prior to their use in the commission of a crime; and (ii) firearm purchase and sales patterns as they relate to firearms traced to crime, including an analysis of the number of guns traced to a crime that were originally purchased from each licensed gun dealer in the commonwealth or purchased through a secondary private seller; provided further, that the results of the analysis shall be compiled and reported to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and the colonel of the state police not later than February 1, 2018”.