Summary: This state has no safe gun storage laws.
In 2021, The state's gun death rate is 25.2 4 per 100k, which is the 6th-worst in the country, according to the CDC.
Significant Notes: On 05/05/21 Alaska introduced bill HB 203 that states a person commits the offense of misconduct involving weapons in the sixth degree if the person does not secure their gun "in a locked container, with a gun lock, or by other means to render the firearm inaccessible or unable to be used by a person who is not the owner or an authorized person; or (2) knows or reasonably knows that a prohibited person is able to gain access to a firearm owned or under the control of the person and the person fails to secure the firearm in a locked container, with a gun lock, or by other means to render the firearm inaccessible or unable to be used by a person who is not the owner or an authorized person." No progress has been made since the bill was introduced.
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Summary: This state has no safe gun storage laws.
In 2021, the state's gun death rate is 23.3 per 100k which is the 8th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: VICTORY! New Mexico has just passed Bennie's Law. Led by Rep Pam Herndon, Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez and Rep. Joanne Ferrary. It is named after a heroic young man named Bennie Hargrove, a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by an unsecured gun.
A person commits a crime if a minor access a firearm that was kept or stored in a manner that negligently disregarded the minor’s ability to access the firearm; and the minor displays or brandishes it in a threatening manner, or causes injury to the minor or another person. Under those circumstances, the person is liable for a misdemeanor. If the minor uses the firearm in a manner that causes great bodily harm to or death of the minor or another person, the person commits a felony.
The state's gun death rate is 27.8 per 100k which is the 3rd-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Quote from the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, " House Bill 9 creates the crime of negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor if the person keeps or stores a firearm in a manner that negligently disregards a minor’s ability to access the firearm and a minor accesses the firearm and displays or brandishes the firearm in a threatening manner or causes injury to the minor or another person. A person who negligently makes a firearm accessible to a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor unless the child causes great bodily harm or death of another person, in which case the firearm owner is guilty of a fourth-degree felony."
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 26.1 per 100k which is the 5th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Alabama has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 26.4 per 100k which is the 4th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: However, bill HB 123, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, would require gun owners with children to store their weapons in a way that “reasonably secures the firearm from unauthorized or unlawful access by the minor.” Parents whose children brought guns to school in violation of the law could be charged with a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. This bill was filed on March 2023.
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 33.9 per100k which is the worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 29.1 per 100k which is the second-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 23.2 per 100k which is the 9th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Connecticut has a very strong safe gun storage law. Ethan's Law was passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2019.
The gun death rate in Connecticut is 6.7 per 100k which is the sixth-best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Texas has a fair safe gun storage law proving that keeping kids safe is a bipartisan issue.
The gun death rate is 15.6 per 100k according to the CDC making it the 27th worst state.
Significant Notes: Gun stores must post: "IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE, TRANSPORT, OR ABANDON AN UNSECURED FIREARM IN A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN ARE LIKELY TO BE AND CAN OBTAIN ACCESS TO THE FIREARM."
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 18.3 per 100k which is the 17th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: In order to be listed with Arizona’s childcare resource and referral system, an unlicensed childcare provider must separately store firearms and ammunition under lock and key or combination lock.1 State administrative regulations may also govern the storage of firearms in a number of other locations (Giffords).
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | PARTY | STATE | DISTRICT |
| 36 | Mike | Simpson | R | ID | 2 |
| 248 | Russ | Fulcher | R | ID | 1 |
Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 16.3 per 100k which is the 25th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 20.3 per 100k which is the 14th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Recognizing that 3 of 4 suicides are gun-related, GA passed a law that encouraged the Public Health Depts to work to promote firearm safety. This is a very limited approach to gun safety.
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 17.3 per 100k which is the 21st-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: West Virginia obligates any parent, guardian, or custodian of a child less than 18 years of age, who knows that the child is in possession of a firearm or any other deadly weapon in or on any property of a public or private primary or secondary education institution in violation of state law, or who has reasonable cause to believe that such a violation is imminent, to immediately report knowledge or belief of the possession violation to the appropriate school or law-enforcement officials (Giffords).
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | PARTY | STATE | DISTRICT |
| 102 | Scott | DesJarlais | R | TN | 4 |
| 104 | Chuck | Fleischmann | R | TN | 3 |
| 216 | David | Kustoff | R | TN | 8 |
| 238 | Tim | Burchett | R | TN | 2 |
| 253 | Mark | Green | R | TN | 7 |
| 275 | John | Rose | R | TN | 6 |
| 319 | Diana | Harshbarger | R | TN | 1 |
| 420 | Andy | Ogles | R | TN | 5 |
Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 22.8 per 100k which is the 10th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Tennessee does not have a law requiring gun owners to lock up their firearms. Some states have policies that penalize gun owners if a child gains access to the firearm. State Rep. Caleb Hemmer, D-Nashville, sponsored a safe storage law that had backing from the state's major police chiefs, including Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake, but it didn't advance this year. Tennessee in 2013 passed what is known as the "guns in trunks" law, allowing people to keep their guns in their cars. (The Tennessean).
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Summary: This state has just recently passed a set of good safe gun storage laws.
The state's gun death rate is 17.8 per 100k which is the 18th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: "The bill requires licensed gun dealers to provide with each firearm, at the time of a firearm sale or transfer, a locking device capable of securing the firearm. Transferring a firearm without a locking device is an unclassified misdemeanor punishable by a maximum $500 fine.
The bill requires the state court administrator to annually report to the general assembly about the number of charges related to unsafe firearms storage and the disposition of those charges.
The bill requires the office of suicide prevention within the department of public health and environment (department) to include on its website, and in materials provided to firearms-related businesses and health care providers, information about the offense of unlawful storage of a firearm, penalties for providing a handgun to a juvenile or allowing a juvenile to possess a firearm, and the requirement that gun dealers provide a locking device with each firearm transferred. Subject to available money, the department is required to develop and implement a firearms safe storage education campaign to educate the public about the safe storage of firearms, state requirements related to firearms safety and storage, and information about voluntary temporary firearms storage programs."
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Summary: This state has very limited safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 21.2 per 100k which is the 12th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: “It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian to intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly permit his or her child to possess any [firearm]…if such parent is aware of a substantial risk that the child will use the weapon to commit a criminal offense or if the child has either been adjudicated a delinquent or has been convicted as an adult for any criminal offense that contains as an element the threat or use of physical force against the person of another" (Giffords).
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | PARTY | STATE | DISTRICT |
| 44 | Joe | Wilson | R | SC | 2 |
| 103 | Jeff | Duncan | R | SC | 3 |
| 225 | Ralph | Norman | R | SC | 5 |
| 286 | William | Timmons | R | SC | 4 |
| 326 | Nancy | Mace | R | SC | 1 |
| 384 | Russell | Fry | R | SC | 7 |
Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 22.4 per 100k which is the 11th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 21.1 per 100k which is the 13th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Kentucky prohibits any person from intentionally, knowingly or recklessly providing a handgun to a person under age 18 or permitting a person under age 18 to possess a handgun, except in the limited situations where it is legal for the person under 18 to possess a handgun.1
In addition, the state prohibits any parent or guardian of a juvenile from intentionally, knowingly or recklessly providing to the juvenile a handgun or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun if the parent or guardian:
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Summary: This state has much improved safe gun storage laws for homes with guns and children.
The state's gun death rate is 14.9 per 100k which is the 20th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Dealer must post: “The purchaser of a firearm has an obligation to store firearms in a safe manner and to prevent unsupervised access to a firearm by a minor. If a minor or unauthorized person obtains access to a firearm and the owner failed to store the firearm in a safe manner, the owner may be in violation of the law.”
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Summary: Massachusetts has excellent and clear safe gun storage laws.
The state's gun death rate is 3.4 per 100k which is the best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: “IT IS UNLAWFUL TO STORE OR KEEP A FIREARM, RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR MACHINE GUN IN ANY PLACE UNLESS THAT WEAPON IS EQUIPPED WITH A TAMPER-RESISTANT SAFETY DEVICE OR IS STORED OR KEPT IN A SECURELY LOCKED CONTAINER.”
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | PARTY | STATE | DISTRICT |
| 134 | Hakeem | Jeffries | D | NY | 8 |
| 183 | Elise | Stefanik | R | NY | 21 |
| 298 | Claudia | Tenney | R | NY | 24 |
| 314 | Andrew | Garbarino | R | NY | 2 |
| 327 | Nicole | Malliotakis | R | NY | 11 |
| 375 | Anthony | D'Esposito | R | NY | 4 |
| 400 | Nick | LaLota | R | NY | 1 |
| 402 | Nick | Langworthy | R | NY | 23 |
| 403 | Mike | Lawler | R | NY | 17 |
| 414 | Marc | Molinaro | R | NY | 19 |
| 424 | George | Santos | R | NY | 3 |
| 434 | Brandon | Williams | R | NY | 22 |
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The state's gun death rate is 5.4 per 100k which is the 4th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has good safe gun storage laws pertaining to kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 4.8 per 100k which is the 2nd best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Under state law, a person commits the offense of “criminally negligent storage of a firearm” when a minor obtains a firearm as a result of the person’s violation of state law.2 Criminally negligent storage of a firearm is a misdemeanor.3 If the minor obtains the firearm as a result of unlawful entry to any premises by any person, the owner of the firearm is not criminally liable (Giffords)
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Summary: This state has good safe gun storage laws for homes with guns and kids.
The state's gun death rate is 5.2 per 100k which is the 3rd best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Dealers must display these notices:
“IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, PUNISHABLE BY A FINE AND IMPRISONMENT, FOR AN ADULT TO LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN EASY ACCESS OF A MINOR.”
“KEEP NEW JERSEY FIREARMS SAFE. TO ENCOURAGE NEW JERSEY GUN OWNERS TO STORE THEIR FIREARMS SAFELY, THE STATE IS OFFERING A $5 INSTANT REBATE WHEN YOU PURCHASE A COMPATIBLE TRIGGER LOCK ALONG WITH YOUR FIREARM. REMEMBER–THE USE OF A TRIGGER LOCK IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF RESPONSIBLE FIREARM STORAGE. FIREARMS SHOULD BE STORED, UNLOADED AND LOCKED IN A LOCATION THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE FROM THEIR AMMUNITION AND INACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN. NEW JERSEY’S FAMILIES AND CHILDREN ARE PRECIOUS–KEEP THEM SAFE!!”
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Summary: This state has decent gun storage laws.
The state's gun death rate is 5.6 per 100k which is the 5th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has excellent safe storage laws.
The state's gun death rate is 9 per 100k which is the 8th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | PARTY | STATE | DISTRICT |
| 170 | Tom | Emmer | R | MN | 6 |
| 282 | Pete | Stauber | R | MN | 8 |
| 311 | Michelle | Fischbach | R | MN | 7 |
| 357 | Brad | Finstad | R | MN | 1 |
Summary: Minnesota has no law that requires attended firearms to be stored in a certain way.
The state's gun death rate is 10 per 100k which is the 9th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Iowa only penalizes the unsafe storage of firearms if a minor gains access to the firearm and exhibits it in a public place in an unlawful manner, or uses the firearm unlawfully to cause injury or death to any person.9
The state's gun death rate is 11.2 per 100k which is the 12th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: In 2023, Vermont enacted a Child Access Prevention law1 that makes a person criminally liable for storing or keeping a firearm within any premises that are under the person’s custody or control, if the person knows or reasonably should know that a child (defined as someone under the age of 18) or prohibited person is likely to gain access to the firearm.
The state's gun death rate is 11.9 per 100k which is the 13th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Vermont also does not require a locking device to accompany the sale of a firearm, and no state statutes require firearm owners to affirmatively lock their weapons.
A person is not liable, however, if:
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has very good safe gun storage laws for homes with children.
The state's gun death rate is 16.6 per 100k which is the 23rd worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has limited safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 13 per 100k which is the 15th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 10.3 per 100k which is the 10th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Nebraska does prohibit any person from knowingly and intentionally transferring or attempting to transfer the possession of a firearm to a juvenile (a person under age 18).1
However, this section does not apply to the transfer of a rifle or shotgun:
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Summary: This state has good safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 11.2 per 100k which is the 11th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has limited safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 8.3 per 100k which is the 7th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has fair to good safe gun storage laws. While Chicago is often cited by critics, for some, this may be a tactic to obscure the more important overall Red state vs. Blue state data.
The IL state gun death rate is 16.1 per 100k which is the 25th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Illinois requires firearms dealers, when selling or offering a handgun for sale, to include with the handgun a device or mechanism, other than the firearm safety, designed to render the handgun temporarily inoperable or inaccessible.1 This may include an external device that is attached to the handgun with a key or combination lock, or an integrated mechanical safety, disabling or locking device. Federal law also applies. These requirements do not apply to sales by private sellers (Giffords).
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Summary: This state recently passed a solid safe gun storage bill to protect kids with very little opposition from the right.
The state's gun death rate is 12.6 per 100k which is the 14th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Virginia law prohibits anyone from recklessly leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14.1 It is also unlawful for any person knowingly to authorize a child under the age of 12 to use a firearm except when the child is under the supervision of an adult.2 For purposes of this rule, “adult” means a parent, guardian, or similar person or a person 21 years or over who has the permission of the parent, guardian, or similar person to supervise the child in the use of a firearm.3
The state's gun death rate is 14.3 per 100k which is the 18th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Virginia has no laws that require unattended firearms to be stored in a certain way.
Virginia also does not require a locking device to accompany the sale of a firearm, and no state statutes require firearm owners to affirmatively lock their weapons.
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has very limited safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 14.8 per 100k which is the 20th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: Starting Feb. 13 2024, firearm owners will be required to keep any unattended weapons unloaded and locked or stored away in a gun safe if a child is in the home. Failing to do so will result in charges and a fine, depending on the outcome if a child gets possession of the firearm.
The state's gun death rate is 12.1 per 100k which is the 20th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: In the wake of a recent shooting, Michigan has recently passed gun safety laws. Read about them here.
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Summary: This state has very limited safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 16.8 per 100k which is the 22nd worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: North Dakota law requires a person carrying a handgun that is not in plain view between the hours of one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset to carry it unloaded and “secured.” At other times (between the hours of one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise), any handgun that is being carried, even one that is in plain view, must be unloaded and “secured.”1
“Secured” means:
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Summary: Maryland just passed Jaelynn's Law for safe gun storage! This is ana solid improvement over the past law.
In 2023, Maryland strengthened its CAP law. Effective October 1, 2023, the law provides that a person “may not store or leave a loaded firearm in a location where the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor has access to the firearm.”1 A minor is defined as someone under the age of 18.2
The state's gun death rate is 15.2 per 100k which is the 22nd best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has fair safe storage, child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 14.1 per 100k which is the 17th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 13.9 per 100k which is the 16th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Some limited locations may have state regulations for the storage of firearms.
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Summary: This state has a child access prevention law for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 13.1 per 100k which is the 23th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: In the wake of a recent mass shooting, NC Governor Cooper is launching an initiative focused on safe gun storage .
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 14.3 per 100k which is the 19th best in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: South Dakota prohibits any person from selling, transferring, giving, loaning, furnishing, or delivering a firearm or firearm ammunition to any person under age 18 if that person knows or reasonably believes the minor intended, at the time of transfer, to use the firearm or ammunition in a crime of violence.1 South Dakota has no other law penalizing those who provide children access to firearms (Giffords).
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 16.5 per 100k which is the 24th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 17.3 per 100k which is the 19th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: However, state law does prohibit any person from creating a hazard, which includes “[e]xposing, abandoning or otherwise leaving any explosive or dangerous substance in a place accessible to children.”1 Kansas’ child endangerment statute also makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly and unreasonably cause or permit a child under the age of 18 years to be placed in a situation in which the child’s life, body or health may be endangered.2 This crime is aggravated and treated as a “person” felony when an individual recklessly causes or permits a child under the age of 18 years to be placed in a situation in which the child’s life, body or health is endangered (Giffords).
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Summary: This state has weak safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 19.8 per 100k which is the 15th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: None
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
This state's gun death rate is 18.4 per 100k which is the 16th-worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes:
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Summary: This district has good safe storage, and child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
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Summary: This state has no safe storage, or child access prevention laws for kids at home with guns.
The state's gun death rate is 25.1 per 100k which is the 7th -worst in the country according to the (CDC).
Significant Notes: Montana does prohibit a parent, guardian, or other person having charge or custody of a minor child under the age of 14 from allowing the child to carry or use any firearms in public, except when the child is accompanied by a person having charge or custody of the child or under the supervision of a qualified firearms safety instructor or an adult who has been authorized by the parent or guardian.1 A violation of this statute constitutes a misdemeanor.2 The county attorney is required to prosecute reported violations of the law. (Giffords)
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