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Chapter 269

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269

Crimes Against Public Peace

1Dispensing and suppressing unlawful assembly; arresting persons 2Refusing or neglecting to depart or to assist in suppressing assembly or in arresting persons 3Neglect or refusal to exercise authority to suppress assembly 4Requiring aid; dispersing and suppressing assembly; seizure of persons 5Armed forces obeying orders for suppressing riot and dispersing and arresting persons 6Person killed or wounded as result of an assembly; guilt and responsibility 7Injury to building or vessel by persons unlawfully assembled 8Destruction of or damage to property by persons riotously assembled; liability of town 10Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment 10ASelling, giving or using silencers; confiscation and destruction 10CTear gas; use in commission of crimes 10DBody armor; use in commission of crime 10EFirearms sales, distributions or transfers; penalties; eligibility for probation, parole, furlough or work release 10FIllegal sale, gifts or transfer of large capacity weapons or large capacity feeding devices; punishment 10GViolations of Sec. 10 by persons previously convicted of violent crimes or serious drug offenses; punishment 10HCarrying loaded firearm while under influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants, stimulant or toxic vapor substances; punishment 10ITransporting firearm into commonwealth for use in commission of criminal activity or to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer possession to prohibited person; penalty 10JBreaking and entering building, ship, vessel or vehicle to steal firearm; penalty 10KBreaking and entering building in which firearm retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer conducts business; unlawfully obtaining or distributing firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or ammunition; punishment 11Printing statutes for posters; display 11ADefinitions 11BPossession or control of untraceable firearm while committing or attempting a felony; destruction; punishment 11CManufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer ownership of an untraceable firearm; prima facie evidence; punishment; destruction 12Manufacturing and selling knives, slung shots, swords, bludgeons and similar weapons 12AAir rifles; sale to minors 12BAir rifles; possession by minors; shooting 12DRifle or shotgun loaded with shells or cartridges; unloaded rifle or shotgun; carrying on public way prohibited; exceptions; punishment 12EDischarge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling or other building in use; exceptions 12FAirport secure areas; possession or placement of a cutting device or prohibited weapon; punishment 12GIntentional or reckless discharge of a firearm that strikes a dwelling or other building; punishment; exceptions 13False alarms of fire 13AFalse reports to police officers 14Deadly 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 14AAnnoying telephone calls or electronic communication 14BWillful and malicious communication of false information to public safety answering points; penalty; restitution 15Stink bombs; sale 16Arrowheads used for hunting; sale 17Hazing; organizing or participating; hazing defined 18Failure to report hazing 19Copy of Secs. 17 to 19; issuance to students and student groups, teams and organizations; report