Amendment #21 to H4135

Military exemptions

Mr. Kearney of Scituate moves to amend the bill in section 45, by striking out subsection (a) of section 124A of chapter 140 of the General Laws and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a)(1) A long gun permit shall entitle the holder to purchase, transfer, possess and carry common long guns, and the ammunition therefor. A long gun permit shall not entitle a holder to transfer, possess or carry any other firearm including any large capacity firearm, semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic shotgun except under the direct supervision of a holder of a license to carry firearms at an incorporated shooting club or a licensed shooting range.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or section 128B to the contrary, if a person satisfies all other requirements of this section and is 18 years of age or older residing within the jurisdiction of the licensing authority and who is either: (i) an active member of the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force, commissioned corps of the United States public health service, or national oceanic and atmospheric officer corp; (ii) a member of the Massachusetts national guard; or (iii) a veteran as defined in section 7 of chapter 4, then a long gun permit shall entitle such a holder to transfer, purchase and possess semiautomatic rifles that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition and semiautomatic shotguns that cannot hold more than 5 rounds of ammunition in a fixed or detachable magazine for use only at an incorporated shooting club or licensed shooting range.