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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2979 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2392
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
David Allen Robertson
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the return of firearms.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/19/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2979 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2392
By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2392)
of David Allen Robertson relative to the return of firearms stored at private businesses. Public
Safety and Homeland Security.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the return of firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 140 of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 123 the
2following new section:-
3 "Section 123A. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary,
4any person having temporarily stored a weapon with a private business including, but not limited
5to, a licensed retailer under section 123 or a bonded warehouse under section 129D shall be
6entitled to the return of their property.
7 If in the event that said property was transferred to and stored by a private business
8without the expressed written consent of the property owner, no fees may be charged as a
9requirement for the return of said property.
10 Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, any person
11having temporarily transferred a weapon to a private business including, but not limited to, a 2 of 2
12licensed retailer under section 123 or a gunsmith for, but not limited to, repair, modification,
13warranty work, replacement or maintenance shall be entitled to the return of their property."