1926 Mass. Acts 256
Abstract
An Act Prohibiting the Sale and Use of Silencers for Firearms: Whoever sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives or disposes of, or uses, any instrument, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing or any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years in the state prison or for not more than two and one half years in a jail or house of correction.
Summary
This act prohibited the sale, possession for sale, distribution, or use of firearm silencers or other devices designed to suppress or muffle the sound of a firearm, making violations punishable by up to five years in state prison or up to two and one-half years in jail or a house of correction.
Law Text
Chapter two hundred and sixty-nine of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section ten the following new section: — Section 10A. Whoever sells or keeps for sale, or offers, or gives or disposes of, or uses, any instrument, attachment, weapon or appliance for causing the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm to be silent or intended to lessen or muffle the noise of the firing of any gun, revolver, pistol or other firearm shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years in the state prison or for not more than two and one half years in a jail or house of correction. Approved April 16, 1926.
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