HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2297 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2404
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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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:
An Act relative to a report of firearms statistics.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Bradley H. Jones, Jr. | 20th Middlesex |
Donald F. Humason, Jr. | 4th Hampden |
Sheila C. Harrington | 1st Middlesex |
Randy Hunt | 5th Barnstable |
F. Jay Barrows | 1st Bristol |
Shaunna O'Connell | 3rd Bristol |
George T. Ross | 2nd Bristol |
Todd M. Smola | 1st Hampden |
Paul K. Frost | 7th Worcester |
George N. Peterson, Jr. | 9th Worcester |
Elizabeth A. Poirier | 14th Bristol |
Viriato Manuel deMacedo | 1st Plymouth |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2297 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2404
By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2404) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr., and others relative to the filing of a biennial report by the Secretary of Public Safety of firearms-related statistics. Public Safety and Homeland Security. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE
HOUSE
, NO. 2238 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act relative to a report of firearms statistics.
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 18 ¾ of chapter 6A of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 256 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby further amended by adding the following clause:—
(10) to develop a biennial report to be sent to the clerks of the house and senate, the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, and the joint committee on criminal justice on March 1 of every other year beginning in 2010. Said report shall contain, but not be limited to, comprehensive information and statistics related to firearms crimes and arrests and prosecutions of firearms-related offenses, to serve as an examination of the effectiveness of the commonwealth’s firearms-related regulations. Said report shall include, but not be limited to, an explanation of substantial changes in state and federal firearms-related laws and firearms-related statistics in the commonwealth.
