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Mass. General Laws c.269

Crimes against public peace

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§ 1 Dispensing and suppressing unlawful assembly; arresting persons 
§ 2 Refusing or neglecting to depart or to assist in suppressing assembly or in arresting persons 
§ 3 Neglect or refusal to exercise authority to suppress assembly 
§ 4 Requiring aid; dispersing and suppressing assembly; seizure of persons 
§ 5 Armed forces obeying orders for suppressing riot and dispersing and arresting persons 
§ 6 Person killed or wounded as result of an assembly; guilt and responsibility 
§ 7 Injury to building or vessel by persons unlawfully assembled 
§ 8 Destruction of or damage to property by persons riotously assembled; liability of town 
§ 10 Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment 
§ 10A Selling, giving or using silencers; confiscation and destruction 
§ 10C Tear gas; use in commission of crimes 
§ 10D Body armor; use in commission of crime 
§ 10E Firearms sales, distributions or transfers; penalties; eligibility for probation, parole, furlough or work release 
§ 10F Illegal sale, gifts or transfer of large capacity weapons or large capacity feeding devices; punishment 
§ 10G Violations of Sec. 10 by persons previously convicted of violent crimes or serious drug offenses; punishment 
§ 10H Carrying loaded firearm while under influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants, stimulant or toxic vapor substances; punishment 

Amended by St.2018, c. 69, § 157, effective April 13, 2018

§ 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 
§ 10J Breaking and entering building, ship, vessel or vehicle to steal firearm; penalty 
§ 10K Breaking and entering building in which firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business; unlawfully obtaining or distributing firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or ammunition; punishment 
§ 11 Printing statutes for posters; display 
§ 11A Definitions 
§ 11B Possession or control of firearm with serial or identification number removed or mutilated, while committing or attempting a felony; destruction 
§ 11C Removal or mutilation of serial or identification numbers of firearms; receiving such firearm; destruction 
§ 11E Serial identification numbers on firearms 
§ 12 Manufacturing and selling knives, slung shots, swords, bludgeons and similar weapons 
§ 12A Air rifles; sale to minors 
§ 12B Air rifles; possession by minors; shooting 
§ 12D Rifle or shotgun loaded with shells or cartridges; unloaded rifle or shotgun; carrying on public way prohibited; exceptions; punishment 
§ 12E Discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling or other building in use; exceptions 
§ 12F Airport secure areas; possession or placement of a cutting device or prohibited weapon; punishment 
§ 13 False alarms of fire 
§ 13A False reports to police officers 
§ 14 Deadly weapons, explosives, chemical or biological agents, or other deadly device or substance; threatened use or presence; threat to hijack; disruption of school, public building or transport; punishment; restitution 
§ 14A Annoying telephone calls or electronic communication 
§ 14B Willful and malicious communication of false information to public safety answering points; penalty; restitution 

Amended by St.2018, c. 69, § 158, effective April 13, 2018

§ 15 Stink bombs; sale 
§ 16 Arrowheads used for hunting; sale 
§ 17 Hazing; organizing or participating; hazing defined 
§ 18 Failure to report hazing 
§ 19 Copy of Secs. 17 to 19; issuance to students and student groups, teams and organizations; report 

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