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LA SR177
Resolution
AI Summary
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Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to examine the prevalence of injuries and deaths from unintentional shootings and suicides by minor children in Louisiana
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Directs the department to study the effectiveness of Child Access Prevention (CAP) laws in other states, which require loaded firearms to be stored in locked containers or secured with trigger locks when children could access them
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Requires the department to make recommendations on developing and implementing a CAP law in Louisiana
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Notes that Louisiana currently lacks a Child Access Prevention law despite having one of the highest rates of unintentional shootings by children in the United States
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Cites CDC data showing unintentional firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among children, and that over three-fourths of firearm suicides among children ages 10-18 involved guns stored loaded and unlocked
Legislative Description
Requests the Louisiana Department of Health to provide information to the legislature on child firearm deaths and Child Access Prevention laws.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Last Action
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
6/10/2025