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The bill would penalize gun owners for not storing their firearms safely. (Photo: Levi Sim)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A Democratic legislator in Kentucky has pre-filed a bill that would criminalize the \u201cunlawful storage of a firearm\u201d if that firearm is accessed by a minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rep. George Brown, Jr., who is sponsoring several pieces of anti-gun legislation this year, would have anyone whose firearm is improperly stored and accessed by a minor charged with a Class B Misdemeanor. If \u201cphysical injury or death results\u201d from a minor accessing that firearm, the gun owner would be charged with a Class A Misdemeanor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We can err on the side of abundant caution and just to make sure people keep their guns secure,” Rep. Brown said<\/a>. “That’s it. That’s really all it’s calling about.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill is titled the “Baby Dre Gun Safety Act<\/a>” after Andre O’Neal, an 8-year-old boy in Louisville who was killed by a stray bullet in January 2016. The boy was shot while being cared for by a babysitter after a man accidentally dropped a handgun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Support for Stricter Gun Laws at Lowest Point Since 2016, New Poll Finds<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The man was convicted of reckless homicide, but Luther Brown, O’Neal’s grandfather believes more accountability is needed. He claims that charges are often not brought in the accidental shooting deaths of children, especially when one child shoots another.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Now we want to change that because adults need to be held accountable,” Brown said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, Rep. Brown\u2019s bill would not apply in the tragic case of O\u2019Neal. The bill criminalizes gun owners who \u201crecklessly store or leave a firearm\u201d in a manner which would allow a minor to have unsupervised access to it. Acceptable manners of storage include a securely locked container, a device which renders the firearm temporarily inoperable, or carrying the firearm on a person\u2019s body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Study Proves Gun Laws Reduce Homicides and Suicides? Not So Fast, Says Dr. Lott<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In O\u2019Neal\u2019s case, the man was carrying the firearm when he dropped it. It\u2019s also not clear whether he owned the firearm in question, and he wasn\u2019t a minor. Rep. Brown\u2019s bill only applies if a minor gains access to the firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Rep. Brown is still hoping that attaching O\u2019Neal\u2019s name to the bill will spur his fellow lawmakers to support it. Similar bills have died in the Republican-controlled legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would hope it does or it will,” Rep. Brown said. “And I think that Baby Dre’s name could be replaced by any baby or any child.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preventable or accidental gun-related deaths have never been lower in the United States, thanks in large part to safe gun storage efforts of organizations like the National Shooting Sports Foundation. According to the National Safety Council<\/a>, accidental\/preventable gun-related deaths have dropped 44 percent between 1999 and 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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