| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.307 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESTEINHOFF. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0461H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapters571and630,RSMo,byaddingtheretothreenewsectionsrelatingtothe |
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| 8 | 8 | | storageoffirearms,withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapters571and630,RSMo,areamendedbyaddingtheretothreenew |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2sections,tobeknownassections571.055,571.056,and630.1040,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 571.055.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Child",anypersonundereighteenyearsofage; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (2)"Lockingdevice",adevicethatprohibitstheoperationordischargeofa |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4firearmandthatcanbedisabledonlywiththeuseofakey,combination,orbiometric |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5data; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (3)"Personalizedfirearm",afirearmthathas,aspartofitsoriginal |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7manufacture,incorporateddesigntechnologythatallowsthefirearmtobefiredonly |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8bytheauthorizeduserandpreventsanyofthesafetycharacteristicsofthefirearmfrom |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9beingreadilydeactivatedbyanyoneotherthantheauthorizeduser.Thetechnology |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10limitingthefirearm'soperationmayinclude,butisnotlimitedto,fingerprint |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11verification,magneticencoding,radiofrequencytagging,orautomaticuser |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12identificationsystemsthatutilizebiometric,mechanical,orelectronicsystems; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (4)"Unauthorizedperson",anypersonwhoisineligibletopossessafirearm |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14understateorfederallaw. |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 2.Thefollowingactionsshallbedeemedresponsibleandsecurestorageofa |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16firearm: |
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| 28 | 28 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 29 | 29 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 (1)Withtheexceptionofaconcealedoropenlycarriedfirearminasecure |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18holster,firearmsshallbekeptunloadeduntilreadytouse; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 (2)Withtheexceptionofaconcealedoropenlycarriedfirearminasecure |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20holster,firearmsshallbesecurelystoredinamannerthatensures: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (a)Thefirearmsarenotaccessibletounauthorizedpersons,includingchildren. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22Examplesofsecurestorageinclude,butarenotlimitedto,triggerlocks,cablelocks, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23lockingguncases,strongboxes,securitycases,lockingguncabinets,andgunsafes;and |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (b)Unauthorizedpersonsandchildrendonothaveaccesstothekey, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25combination,orotherunlockingmechanismnecessarytoopenthestoragecontainer |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26orremovethelockingdevice;and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (3)Withtheexceptionofaconcealedoropenlycarriedfirearminasecure |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28holster,apersonalizedfirearm'ssafetycharacteristicsshallbeactivated. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 3.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofunlawfulstorageofafirearmiftheperson |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30failstoresponsiblyandsecurelystoreafirearm,asdescribedundersubsection2ofthis |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31section,uponanypremisesthatthepersonownsorcontrols,and: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32 (1)Thepersonknowsorreasonablyshouldknowachildcangainaccesstothe |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33firearmwithoutthepermissionofthechild'sparentorguardianandwithoutdirect |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34adultsupervision;or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35 (2)Thepersonknowsorreasonablyshouldknowacotenantisineligibleto |
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| 48 | 48 | | 36possessafirearmunderstateorfederallaw. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37 4.Thissectionshallnotapplytothestoringofanantiquefirearm,asdefined |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38under18U.S.C.Section921,oracurioorrelic,asdefinedunder27CFR478.11. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 5.Theoffenseofunlawfulstorageofafirearmispunishablebyafive-hundred- |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40dollarfineforafirstviolationandpunishableasaclassBmisdemeanorforasecondor |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41subsequentviolation. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42 6.Itisadefensetotheoffenseofunlawfulstorageofafirearmifachildor |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43cotenantgainedpossessionofandusedthefirearminalawfulactofself-defense, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44defenseofothers,ordefenseoflivestock. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 571.056.1.Anyfirearmsdealerlicensedunder18U.S.C.Section923shallpost, |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2inaconspicuouslocationonitspremisesandatanyotherlocationatwhichthedealer |
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| 59 | 59 | | 3sellsafirearm,thefollowingnotice,inwriting,onaprintedcard,witheachletterata |
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| 60 | 60 | | 4minimumofoneinchinheight: |
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| 61 | 61 | | 5 Notice |
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| 62 | 62 | | 6 Unlawfulstorageofafirearmmayresultinimprisonmentorfine. |
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| 63 | 63 | | HB307 2 7 2.Aviolationofthissectionbyalicensedfirearmsdealerispunishablebya |
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| 64 | 64 | | 8warningforafirstviolationandpunishablebyafineofnotmorethanfivehundred |
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| 65 | 65 | | 9dollarsforasecondorsubsequentviolation. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 630.1040.1.(1)Thedepartmentofpublicsafetyshallincludeonapublicpage |
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| 67 | 67 | | 2ofthedepartment'swebsiteaddressingsuicidepreventionthefollowinginformation: |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3 (a)Theoffenseofunlawfulstorageofafirearmundersection571.055;and |
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| 69 | 69 | | 4 (b)Thepenaltiesforanoffenserelatedtoprovidingafirearmtoachildor |
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| 70 | 70 | | 5allowingachildtopossessafirearminviolationofsection571.060. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | 7TheinformationshallbeinbothEnglishandSpanish. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 8 (2)Thedepartmentshallincludereferencestotheoffensesdescribedunder |
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| 74 | 74 | | 9subdivision(1)ofthissubsectionanddirectiontothedepartmentwebsiteformore |
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| 75 | 75 | | 10informationaboutthoseoffensesinanymaterialsprovidedto: |
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| 76 | 76 | | 11 (a)Licensedfirearmsdealers,shootingranges,andsafetyinstructors;and |
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| 77 | 77 | | 12 (b)Healthcareproviders,includingfacilitieslicensedunderchapters197and |
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| 78 | 78 | | 13198. |
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| 79 | 79 | | 14 2.Thedepartmentofpublicsafetyshalldevelopanoticeintendedtobe |
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| 80 | 80 | | 15displayedonthepremisesofalicensedfirearmsdealer,anddesignedtobeprintedwith |
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| 81 | 81 | | 16eachletterataminimumofoneinchinheight,thatinformsfirearmspurchasersthat |
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| 82 | 82 | | 17unlawfulstorageofafirearmmayresultinimprisonmentorfine.Thedepartmentshall |
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| 83 | 83 | | 18makeelectroniccopiesofthenoticepubliclyavailablefordownloadfromitswebsite |
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| 84 | 84 | | 19withoutcharge. |
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| 85 | 85 | | âś” |
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| 86 | 86 | | HB307 3 |
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