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MO SB646
Bill
AI Summary
- Creates new crime of criminally negligent storage of a firearm, defined as storing a loaded or unloaded firearm with ammunition where a minor can access it and subsequently uses it to injure or kill someone, or exhibits it publicly, or threatens injury or death
- Exempts storage from criminal liability if firearm is kept in a locked box or container, secured with a locking mechanism rendering it inoperable, dismantled and stored with essential parts locked separately, or ammunition stored separately from unloaded firearm
- Exempts peace officers, active armed forces members, national guard members, and minors engaging in lawful self-defense, hunting, sporting, or agricultural activities, as well as firearms obtained through unlawful entry
- Requires firearms dealers to provide written warnings to purchasers and display conspicuous warning signs stating it is unlawful to store or transport a loaded or unloaded firearm with ammunition where minors can access it
- Establishes criminally negligent storage of a firearm as a class A misdemeanor
Legislative Description
Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
1/13/2010
Committee Referrals
Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence1/13/2010
Full Bill Text
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