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2007 SESSION

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HB 3186 Firearms; accessibility to mentally ill person or person prohibited to possess, liability.

Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Access to firearms; civil liability. Establishes a cause of action against a person who leaves an unsecured firearm where it is accessible by persons who suffer from mental illness or mental retardation or who are prohibited by law from possessing a firearm and if such a person then uses the firearm to threaten, injure, or kill another party. Liability only attaches if it is shown that the liable party knew or reasonably should have known about the condition of the persons having access to the firearm.

FULL TEXT

• 01/19/07  House: Presented and ordered printed 075861510  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/19/07  House: Presented and ordered printed 075861510
• 01/19/07  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 02/06/07  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety