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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2979 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2392 |
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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 | | David Allen Robertson |
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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 the return of firearms. |
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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:David Allen Robertson19th Middlesex1/19/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2979 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2392 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Robertson of Tewksbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2392) |
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| 19 | 19 | | of David Allen Robertson relative to the return of firearms stored at private businesses. Public |
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| 20 | 20 | | Safety and Homeland Security. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the return of firearms. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Chapter 140 of the general laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 123 the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2following new section:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 "Section 123A. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4any person having temporarily stored a weapon with a private business including, but not limited |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5to, a licensed retailer under section 123 or a bonded warehouse under section 129D shall be |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6entitled to the return of their property. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 If in the event that said property was transferred to and stored by a private business |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8without the expressed written consent of the property owner, no fees may be charged as a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9requirement for the return of said property. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, any person |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11having temporarily transferred a weapon to a private business including, but not limited to, a 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12licensed retailer under section 123 or a gunsmith for, but not limited to, repair, modification, |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13warranty work, replacement or maintenance shall be entitled to the return of their property." |
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