Massachusetts Chapter 269 — Crimes Against Public Peace
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 1— Dispensing and suppressing unlawful assembly; arresting persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 2— Refusing or neglecting to depart or to assist in suppressing assembly or in arresting persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 3— Neglect or refusal to exercise authority to suppress assembly
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 4— Requiring aid; dispersing and suppressing assembly; seizure of persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 5— Armed forces obeying orders for suppressing riot and dispersing and arresting persons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 6— Person killed or wounded as result of an assembly; guilt and responsibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 7— Injury to building or vessel by persons unlawfully assembled
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 8— Destruction of or damage to property by persons riotously assembled; liability of town
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 9— Repealed, 1923, 248, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10— Carrying dangerous weapons; possession of machine gun or sawed-off shotguns; possession of large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10A— Selling, giving or using silencers; confiscation and destruction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10B— Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 25
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10C— Tear gas; use in commission of crimes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10D— Body armor; use in commission of crime
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10E— Firearms sales, distributions or transfers; penalties; eligibility for probation, parole, furlough or work release
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10F— Illegal sale, gifts or transfer of large capacity weapons or large capacity feeding devices; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10G— Violations of Sec. 10 by persons previously convicted of violent crimes or serious drug offenses; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10H— Carrying loaded firearm while under influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants, stimulant or toxic vapor substances; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10I— Transporting firearm into commonwealth for use in commission of criminal activity or to unlawfully distribute, sell or transfer possession to prohibited person; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 10J— Breaking and entering building, ship, vessel or vehicle to steal firearm; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11— Printing statutes for posters; display
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11A— Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11B— Possession or control of untraceable firearm while committing or attempting a felony; destruction; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11C— Manufacture, assembly, import, sale or transfer ownership of an untraceable firearm; prima facie evidence; punishment; destruction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11D— Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 29
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 11E— Repealed, 2024, 135, Sec. 139
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12— Manufacturing and selling knives, slung shots, swords, bludgeons and similar weapons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12A— Air rifles; sale to minors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12B— Air rifles; possession by minors; shooting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12C— Repealed, 1957, 688, Sec. 32
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12D— Rifle or shotgun loaded with shells or cartridges; unloaded rifle or shotgun; carrying on public way prohibited; exceptions; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12E— Discharge of a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling or other building in use; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12F— Airport secure areas; possession or placement of a cutting device or prohibited weapon; punishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12G— Intentional or reckless discharge of a firearm that strikes a dwelling or other building; punishment; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 13— False alarms of fire
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 13A— False reports to police officers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 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
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 14A— Annoying telephone calls or electronic communication
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 14B— Willful and malicious communication of false information to public safety answering points; penalty; restitution
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 15— Stink bombs; sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 16— Arrowheads used for hunting; sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 17— Hazing; organizing or participating; hazing defined
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 18— Failure to report hazing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 19— Copy of Secs. 17 to 19; issuance to students and student groups, teams and organizations; report