2020 House Bill 6517

Criminalize leaving gun where minor can get it

Introduced in the House

Dec. 16, 2020

Introduced by Rep. John Chirkun (D-22)

To make it a crime to store or leave a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor, subject to 15 years in prison if a minor uses the gun to injure or kill himself or another person, and lesser penalties if a minor takes the gun out in public, uses it in a threatening or careless manner, etc..

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary