Bill Text: MA H2202 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: The licensing of certain automatic weapons

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 1/27 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [H2202 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-H2202-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Antonio F.D. Cabral

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
��������������� Court assembled:

��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act to close automatic weapon loopholes.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Antonio F.D. Cabral

13th Bristol


 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act to close automatic weapon loopholes.



��������������� Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

����������� Section 121 of chapter one hundred forty of the general laws is hereby amended by deleting in line 20 the following: �(i) any of the weapons, or replicas or duplicates of such weapons, specified in appendix A to 18 U.S.C. section 922 as appearing in such appendix on September 13, 1994, as such weapons were manufactured on October 1, 1993; (ii) any weapon that is operated by manual bolt, pump, lever or slide action;�.

SECTION 2 � Subsection (a) of section 131 of chapter one hundred forty of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word �firearms� in line 6 the following: �other than assault weapons�.

SECTION 3 � Subsection (a) of section 131 of chapter one hundred forty of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word �weapons� in line 9 the following: �other than assault weapons�.

SECTION 4 � Subsection (a) of section 131 of chapter one hundred forty of the general laws is hereby amended by deleting in line 48 the following: �(v) hunting in accordance with the provisions of chapter 131�.

SECTION 5 � Subsection (a)(6) of section 10 of chapter two hundred sixty-nine of the general laws is hereby amended by deleting in line 29 the following: �not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or for not less than one year nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction� and inserting in place thereof the following:�������

�not less than three years�.

SECTION 6 � Subsection (a)(6) of section 10 of chapter two hundred sixty-nine of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 36 after the word �sentence� the following:���������

�, nor shall such sentence be served concurrently with any other sentence�.

SECTION 7 � Subsection (a) of section 10G of chapter two hundred sixty-nine of the general laws is hereby amended by deleting in line 4 the following: �three� and inserting in place thereof the following: �five�.

SECTION 8 � Subsection (d) of section 10G of chapter two hundred sixty-nine of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting in line 22 after the word �sentence� the following:���������

�, nor shall such sentence be served concurrently with any other sentence�.

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