Chapter 269: Section 12B. Possession of air
rifle by minor under eighteen; shooting air rifle; disposition on conviction
for violation.
Section 12B. No minor
under the age of eighteen shall have an air rifle or so-called BB gun in his
possession while in any place to which the public has a right of access
unless he is accompanied by an adult or unless he is the holder of a
sporting or hunting license and has on his person a permit from the chief of
police of the town in which he resides granting him the right of such
possession. No person shall discharge a BB shot, pellet or other object from
an air rifle or so-called BB gun into, from or across any street, alley,
public way or railroad or railway right of way, and no minor under the age
of eighteen shall discharge a BB shot, pellet or other object from an air
rifle or BB gun unless he is accompanied by an adult or is the holder of a
sporting or hunting license. Whoever violates this section shall be punished
by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and the air rifle or BB gun
or other weapon shall be confiscated. Upon a conviction of a violation of
this section the air rifle or BB gun or other weapon shall, by the written
authority of the court, be forwarded to the colonel of the state police, who
may dispose of said article in the same manner as prescribed in section ten.
