Massachusetts prohibits occupying or attempting to enter or occupy a secure area of an airport or cabin of an airplane knowingly in possession of a firearm, notwithstanding any license to possess the firearm.¹

Massachusetts has no statutes prohibiting firearms in the following locations, although administrative regulations may apply:

• Hospitals;

• Places of worship;

• Sports arenas;

• Bars or restaurants where alcohol is served;

• Gambling facilities; or

• Polling places.

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1. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, § 12F(b).[↩]