Amendment ID: S2572-10

Amendment 10

Increasing Penalty for Firing at a Dwelling

Messrs. Velis, O'Connor, Brady, Timilty and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by striking SECTION 33, in its entirety and inserting in its place the following:-

"Said Chapter 269 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 12F the following section:-

Section 12G.  Whoever, being armed with a firearm, shotgun, rifle, machine gun or assault weapon, fires upon and strikes any dwelling house, or any building reasonably understood to be occupied, shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison for not less than five years and not more than 20 years.  No sentence imposed under this clause shall be for less than a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years, and a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $50,000 may be imposed, but not in lieu of the mandatory minimum term of imprisonment, as established herein."