Mass. General Laws c.269 § 10I

Transporting firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or sawed-off shotgun into commonwealth for use in commission of criminal activity or to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer possession to prohibited person; penalty

This is an unofficial version of a Massachusetts General Law. For more information on this topic, please see law about guns and other weapons.

Updates

Amended by St. 2024, c. 135, § 134, effective October 2, 2024 (Emergency preamble signed by the governor on October 2, 2024)

Section 10I

(a)

Whoever transports a firearm, as defined in section 121 of chapter 140, into the commonwealth to use the firearm for the commission of criminal activity shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 5 years nor more than 10 years.

(b)

Whoever transports a firearm into the commonwealth to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer possession of the firearm to a prohibited person, as defined in section 121F of chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison for not less than 10 years nor more than 20 years.

(c)

Whoever transports a firearm into the commonwealth to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer the firearm to a prohibited person, as defined in section 121F of chapter 140, and if the firearm is subsequently used to cause the death of another, shall be punished by imprisonment in state prison for not less than 20 years.

Last updated:	July 25, 2024