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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1016 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5345 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1016 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. SCANLON, 98th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING SAFE FIREARM STORAGE. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That sections 29-37i, 52-571g, 53a-217a and 10-18b of the general 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | statutes be amended to provide that any firearm, whether loaded or 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | unloaded, needs to be safely stored when a minor up to eighteen years 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | of age, rather than sixteen years of age, may gain access to such 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | firearm, that if a person fails to safely store a firearm, such person shall 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | be strictly liable and criminally negligent in the case of an injury or 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | death caused by a minor up to eighteen years of age, rather than 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | sixteen years of age, and that the State Board of Education shall, rather 8 | |
| 30 | 30 | than may, develop a firearm safety curriculum guide for students. 9 | |
| 31 | 31 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 32 | 32 | To keep children safe from gun violence, ensure greater responsibility | |
| 33 | 33 | by persons storing firearms and increase the opportunity for firearm | |
| 34 | 34 | safety education in public schools. |