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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3514 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1496 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Paul K. Frost |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to noise reduction devices. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3514 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1496 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Frost of Auburn, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1496) of Paul K. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Frost relative to penalties for the possession of silencers or firearm noise reduction devices. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 1570 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to noise reduction devices. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 Section 10A of Chapter 269 of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2deleting the section in its entirety and inserting in its place the following: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 10A. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Any person found to be in possession of a firearm suppressor who is: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 (a)a prohibited person under section 131 of chapter 140; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 (b)in the commission of a violent crime or felony; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 (c)in the commission of a crime of violence against a family member; 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 (d)conducting sales or has possession of controlled substances as defined in chapter |
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| 39 | 39 | | 994C; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years in state prison or for not |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 The term “firearm suppressor” or “firearm noise reduction device” means any device for |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13muffling or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm muffler, and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication. For the purposes of this section |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16the term “firearm suppressor” or “firearm noise reduction device” shall have the same meaning |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17as Federal Law 18 USC 921(24). |
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