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Harris, Colleagues Introduce Safe Gun Storage Act

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday joined Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and 18 of their Senate colleagues in introducing new legislation directing the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish safety standards for firearm locks and firearm safes.

U.S. Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives earlier this year.

“There is a gun violence epidemic in this country,” said Senator Harris. “This legislation will help keep children and families safe by establishing important standards for firearm locks and firearm safes– a vital step in preventing gun violence. It’s imperative that we stop firearms from falling into the wrong hands. We must act now.”

An estimated 4.6 million American minors live in a household with a firearm. According to a 2018 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health survey, 54 percent of gun owners report storing their firearms in an unsafe manner. Eighteen percent of all gun injuries in our nation occur because of this high rate of improperly stored firearms in homes.

Along with Harris and Blumenthal, the Safe Gun Storage Act is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bob Casey (D-NJ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tom Udall (D-NM), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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12 comments

Harris is garbage!! Dec 18, 2019 - 9:42 am

Harris is an incompetent and racist piece of shit!!

Sad Sad State Dec 18, 2019 - 9:50 am

Once again you attack a gun owner who is victimized as a result of say a home burglary. But the shooters in Orinda are out walking the streets, idiot Democrat ideology in its purest form. Wow

Simonpure Dec 18, 2019 - 9:51 am

Like they will come search my home…isn’t going to happen. I sure wish she would just go away.

Roxanne Fox Dec 18, 2019 - 3:14 pm

If they come to search my house, they won’t find any firearms, but they are in the house. Even dogs won’t be able to sniff those out. The Second Amendment gives me the right to bear arms no matter what any state goons or feds say!

Jg Dec 18, 2019 - 11:30 am

She needs to stop trying to ruin the constitution and stop trying to run our lives. No Harris No way

Safety1st Dec 18, 2019 - 1:20 pm

Im in law enforcement, and I am for this bill.

Sad Sad State Dec 18, 2019 - 8:57 pm

Lies

Simonpure Dec 19, 2019 - 12:11 pm

Oh please Safety1st…just how many times have guns/weapons been stolen right from law enforcements cars. Including FBI agents. I agree with gun safety but I’ll be damned if I will take the time to unlock when someone is attempting to enter my home illegally.

Clint Dec 18, 2019 - 2:51 pm

Firearms fall into the “wrong hands” all the time and I’m referring to the ghetto sewer shit rats who don’t give a damn about any laws! Let’s see how Harris would handle that?

Richard Dec 18, 2019 - 2:56 pm

My firearms are stored where I can get to them in seconds! They do me no good locked up! Do I ask the home invaders to just stand there and wait until I get the key, walk over to the cabinet, open it, get out the firearm and put bullets in it? I’m sure they will comply.

Our kids KNOW firearm safety! They cannot have friends over UNLESS we are present. . . . and we’re present all the time, unless they are in school and we take care of business during that time frame!

Robert C Dec 18, 2019 - 4:09 pm

The press release says that the proposal is to establish physical safety standards for gun locks and gun safes. It doesn’t say that the proposed legislation requires owners to use them. How is that “attacking gun owners”?

Leland Epperson Dec 19, 2019 - 8:05 pm

This lady needs to stop. She is doing no good to any American. Ship her off to Cuba where she would be more useful.

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