Section 11B: Possession or control of firearm with serial or identification number removed or mutilated, while committing or attempting a felony; destruction
[ Text of section effective until October 2, 2024. For text effective October 2, 2024, see below.]
Section 11B. Whoever, while in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, has in his possession or under his control a firearm the serial number or identification number of which has been removed, defaced, altered, obliterated or mutilated in any manner shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two and one half nor more than five years, or in a jail or house of correction for not less than six months nor more than two and one half years. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section, said firearm or other article, by the authority of the written order of the court, shall be forwarded to the colonel of the state police, who shall cause said weapon to be destroyed.
Chapter 269: Section 11B. Possession or control of untraceable firearm while committing or attempting a felony; destruction; punishment
[ Text of section as amended by 2024, 135, Sec. 137 effective October 2, 2024. For text effective until October 2, 2024, see above.]
Section 11B. Whoever, while in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, has in their possession or under their control an untraceable firearm, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 21/2 years. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section, said firearm or other article, by the authority of the written order of the court, shall be forwarded to the colonel of the state police, who shall cause said weapon to be destroyed.