2015 House Bill 5195

Criminalize leaving gun where minor can get it

Introduced in the House

Dec. 17, 2015

Introduced by Rep. Jim Townsend (D-26)

To make it a crime to store or leave a firearm where it may be accessed by a minor, subject to five 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, and more.

Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice