2023 House Bill 4456

Weapons: other; gun locks and a pamphlet on gun safety; require to be included with every point of sale for gun purchases.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled “An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 15 (MCL 28.435), as added by 2000 PA 265.

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The bill mandates that firearm sales include a trigger lock, other disabling device, or a secure storage container, with exemptions for police officers, agencies, and antique firearms. It requires sellers and buyers to retain compliance statements and safety information brochures for six years and mandates federally licensed firearms dealers to display notices about liability for unsupervised minors accessing firearms.