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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, § 66 (2026)

Shotgun shells, load

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Section 66. A person shall not, except during the prescribed open season when deer may be hunted lawfully with a shotgun, have in his possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of any size, BB shot or air rifle shot in any place where birds or mammals might be found, except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset; provided, however, that the director shall promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the type and size of such BB shot.

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Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Garrett, 473 Mass. 257 (Mass. 2015).
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Commonwealth v. Garrett, 473 Mass. 257 (Mass. 2015). “See G. L. c. 131, § 66. Since G. L. c. 269, §§ 12A and 12B, were enacted in 1951, the Legislature has not amended the statutory scheme to provide explicitly that BB guns should be treated in the same manner as firearms for purposes of the gun control act.”
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