1922 Mass. Acts 563
Abstract
Ch. 485, An Act Relative to the Sale and Carrying of Firearms, ch. 485, § 8 (amending § 130): Prohibited the sale or furnishing of firearms, air guns, or dangerous weapons to minors under age 15 or noncitizens without a permit to carry firearms; violators subject to fine. Law does not apply to instructors furnishing military weapons to pupils for instruction or drill.
Summary
This provision made it illegal to sell or provide firearms, air guns, other dangerous weapons, or ammunition to children under fifteen or to non-naturalized foreign-born persons who lacked a firearm permit, while allowing instructors and teachers to furnish military weapons to students for instruction and drill.
Law Text
Section 8. Section one hundred and thirty of said chapter one hundred and forty is hereby amended by inserting after the word "fifteen" in the second line the words: —, or to an unnaturalized foreign born person who has not a permit to carry firearms under section one hundred and thirty-one, — so as to read as follows: — Section 130. Whoever sells or furnishes to a minor under the age of fifteen, or to an unnaturalized foreign born person who has not a permit to carry firearms under section one hundred and thirty-one, any firearm, air gun or other dangerous weapon or ammunition therefor shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, but instructors and teachers may furnish military weapons to pupils for instruction and drill.
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Categories
TRANSFER - DANGEROUS PERSONS, TRANSFER - MINORS