Bill Text: MA S913 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 1/27 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [S913 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S913-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Brewer
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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 relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Mr. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Anne M. Gobi |
5th Worcester |
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Donald F. Humason, Jr. |
4th Hampden |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S01371 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to an unloaded rifle or shotgun.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 12D of Chapter 269 of the Massachusetts General Laws shall be amended by deleting the following language:
(b) Except as exempted or provided by law, no person shall carry on his person on any public way an unloaded rifle or shotgun, unless such rifle or shotgun is enclosed in a case.
Whoever violates the provisions of this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, and may be arrested without a warrant; provided, however, that if such unloaded rifle or shotgun is a large capacity weapon and is carried simultaneously with a fully or partially loaded large capacity feeding device, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and may be arrested without a warrant.
This subsection shall not apply to drills, parades, military reenactments or other commemorative ceremonies, color guards or memorial service firing squads, so-called, as permitted by law.
