Bill > S1216

This bill amends Section 15A of Chapter 265 of the Massachusetts General Laws to create a new, stringent criminal penalty specifically targeting individuals who assault police officers, firefighters, corrections officers, and other law enforcement personnel with firearms. Under the proposed legislation, anyone who intentionally discharges a firearm (which includes large capacity weapons, rifles, shotguns, sawed-off shotguns, or machine guns) at these public safety professionals while they are performing their official duties, with the explicit intent to physically harm them, would face a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 25 years in state prison. The bill appears designed to provide enhanced legal protection for law enforcement and other public safety workers by establishing a severe criminal consequence for firearm-based assaults against them, effectively creating a specific enhanced sentencing provision that goes beyond standard assault charges.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1216