Le permis de port d'arme du Massachusetts

Au Massachusetts, un juge, le conseil de police ou le maire d'une ville, ou les selectmen d'une commune pouvaient autoriser une personne à porter un pistolet ou un revolver si elle avait de bonnes raisons de craindre pour sa personne ou ses biens, ou un autre motif légitime, et si elle était une personne convenable (General Laws, c. 140, s. 131). À partir du 27 août 1922 (une loi de cette année-là, en vigueur quatre-vingt-dix jours après son approbation), le permis valait un an au plus, était révocable à tout moment et délivré sur des formulaires fournis par le Commissioner of Public Safety, une copie lui étant envoyée dans la semaine ; tout permis plus ancien expirait le 1er janvier 1923. À partir du 27 août 1926, un permis distinct, valable dix jours, était nécessaire pour acheter, louer ou prendre à bail un pistolet ou un revolver (s. 131A), et l'armurier le retirait et l'envoyait au Commissioner. À partir du 26 juillet 1927, le permis pouvait aussi couvrir la détention d'une mitraillette ; le texte de cette année-là le montre déjà refusé, par une modification de 1925, à l'étranger non naturalisé, au condamné pour crime et à quiconque avait été condamné pour usage ou vente illicite de stupéfiants.

Les formulaires du Commissioner n'ont pas été trouvés : le permis que Bearer imprime est calqué sur les mots de la loi, et l'office le dit au-dessus. Pour des investigateurs de l'université Miskatonic, l'autorité à inscrire est le Board of Police de la ville d'Arkham.

Bearer fabrique les papiers d'un investigateur pour L'Appel de Cthulhu et toute campagne de jeu de rôle des années 1920 ou 1930 : le passeport qu'un consul aurait rempli, avec les visas et tampons de frontière qu'une campagne y laisse, et les permis, certificats et bulletins de l'époque, à imprimer ou à partager.

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Le papier

Une reconstitution

Ce papier est une reconstitution. Les General Laws du Massachusetts, lues dans leurs textes de 1921 et de 1932 et dans les lois de 1922, 1926 et 1927 qui les modifièrent (chacune en vigueur quatre-vingt-dix jours après son approbation), disent qui délivrait le permis de porter un pistolet ou un revolver (un juge, le conseil de police ou le maire d'une ville, les selectmen d'une commune), pour quels motifs, pour combien de temps (un an au plus, révocable à tout moment) et à qui il était refusé ; les permis étaient délivrés sur des formulaires fournis par le Commissioner of Public Safety, qui n'ont pas été trouvés. Chaque mot du formulaire est calqué sur la loi.

Le même papier ailleurs

• Les permis de port d'arme par État

Encore à confirmer

• the whole form. Ce qui trancherait: a Massachusetts license to carry of 1921 to 1939.

Sources

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, enacted 22 December 1920, in force 1 January 1921, vol. II, chapter 140, section 131, The justice of a court or a trial justice, the board of police or mayor of a city, or the selectmen of a town, or persons authorized by them may, upon the application of any person, issue a license to such person to carry a pistol or revolver in the commonwealth if it appears that the applicant has good reason to fear an injury to his person or property or for any other proper purpose, and that he is a suitable person to be so licensed (lu directement)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the General Laws as amended before 1 January 1932), vol. II, chapter 140, sections 129A, 130, 131, 131A, s. 131: a license to carry a pistol or revolver in the commonwealth or to possess therein a machine gun, to an applicant residing or having a place of business within the jurisdiction, except an unnaturalized person, a felon or one convicted of the unlawful use or sale of drugs; issued by the justice of a court, the board of police or mayor of a city, the selectmen of a town or the commissioner of public safety; for a term not to exceed one year, revocable at will; issued on forms furnished by the commissioner, a copy sent to him within one week (1922, 485; 1926, 395; 1927, 326); s. 131A: a permit to purchase, rent or lease a pistol or revolver, on the commissioner's forms, valid for not more than ten days (1926, 395); s. 129A: no unnaturalized foreign-born person may own or possess a firearm without a permit to carry (1922, 485) (lu directement)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts; on the Internet Archive, Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1922: chapter 485, An Act relative to the sale and carrying of firearms (approved 29 May 1922), and the Constitution, Amendments, art. XLVIII, The Referendum, I, c. 485 s. 9: G. L. c. 140 § 131 struck out and replaced (the justice of a court or a trial justice, the board of police or mayor of a city, the selectmen of a town, or the commissioner of public safety, may issue a license to carry a pistol or revolver in the commonwealth if it appears that the applicant has good reason to fear an injury to his person or property or for any other proper purpose, and that he is a suitable person; for a term not to exceed one year, revocable at will; issued on forms furnished by the commissioner of public safety, a copy sent to him within one week); s. 11: every license issued before expires on 1 January 1923. Art. XLVIII: no law passed by the general court shall take effect earlier than ninety days after it has become a law, excepting emergency laws (lu directement)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts; on the Internet Archive, Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1925: chapter 284, An Act relative to the sale, rental, leasing and carrying of certain firearms (approved 29 April 1925), s. 4: G. L. c. 140 § 131 replaced: the license refused to an unnaturalized person, a person convicted of a felony or of the unlawful use or sale of drugs, or a minor other than one of fifteen or over employed by a bank, public utility corporation or like business whose application is endorsed by his employer; the applicant to reside or have a place of business within the issuing jurisdiction; revocation notified in writing to the commissioner of public safety (lu directement)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts; on the Internet Archive, Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1926: chapter 395, An Act regulating the sale, rental and leasing of certain firearms and prohibiting loans of money thereon (approved 29 May 1926), s. 3: new G. L. c. 140 § 131A, a permit to purchase, rent or lease a pistol or revolver, to a person qualified for a license and not a minor, if the purchase is for a proper purpose, revocable at will, issued on forms furnished by the commissioner of public safety, valid for not more than ten days after issue, a copy to the commissioner within one week; § 131B, no loan on a pistol or revolver; s. 1, § 123, eighth and ninth conditions: the dealer takes up the permit and endorses on it the time and place of the sale (lu directement)
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts; on the Internet Archive, Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1927: chapter 326 (approved 27 April 1927), s. 1: a machine gun defined (any gun of small arm calibre designed for rapid fire and operated by a mechanism, or any gun which operates automatically after the first shot); s. 3: § 131 amended, a license to carry a pistol or revolver or to possess a machine gun, refused to an unnaturalized person, a person convicted of a felony or of the unlawful use or sale of drugs, or a minor (save one of fifteen or over employed by a bank or public utility, his application endorsed by his employer); a term not to exceed one year; revocation notified in writing to the commissioner; forms furnished by the commissioner (lu directement)

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