Prevent the Unintentional Discharge of a Firearm.

 

In addition to the Child Safety Lock Act of 2005 to continue to lower the percentage of casualties of unintentional

discharge of a firearm we should expand the bill to include safety regulations in licensed gun owner’s homes. The

purpose of the Child Safety Lock Act was to safely transport handguns from a licensed manufacturer/importer/dealer to

any person with the use of a safety lock but the purpose of this bill will extend the use of the safety lock to not only

purchased transactions but to at home safety.

 

 

Minors are significantly involved in unintentional firearm discharges. In the Journal of Pediatric Surgery they recorded

that 74.1% of 42,152 pediatric firearm injuries were males ages 12-18. When someone steals a firearm from a licensed gun

owner, the irresponsible gun owner is not criminally liable, but in some cases in Minnesota they might face civil

liability or failure to report theft. With this bill it will change that so licensed gun owners are 100% responsible for

anything and everything that the gun is involved in/with.

 

None

 

No need for funding.

 

If you are pulled over and there is a firearm in your vehicle without a safety lock properly attached to the gun you can

get charged with public endangerment. A way to enforce that trigger locks are always in possession is by having gun

owners account for it in an annual gun registration.

 

This bill will be effective 2 months after passing so that gun owners can purchase and account for the guns and safety

locks.