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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3228 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1650 |
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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 | | Marjorie C. Decker and Frank A. Moran |
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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 to stop mass shootings. |
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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:Marjorie C. Decker25th Middlesex1/16/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3228 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1650 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Decker of Cambridge and Moran of Lawrence, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 19 | 19 | | bill, House, No. 1650) of Marjorie C. Decker for legislation to further regulate the manufacturing |
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| 20 | 20 | | of assault weapons and large capacity feeding devices. The Judiciary. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to stop mass shootings. |
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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 269 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2 Section 20. No person shall, within the commonwealth, manufacture or cause to be |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3manufactured, partially or completely, any assault weapon or large capacity feeding device as |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4defined in section 121 of chapter 140 of the General Laws. This prohibition shall not apply to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5weapons or devices manufactured by a licensed manufacturer solely for the purpose of the lawful |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6sale to an authorized law enforcement or military agency of the commonwealth, any other state, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7the United States, or a foreign government approved by the United States State Department. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9than $1,000,000 or by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or by |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10both such fine and imprisonment. |
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