Bill Text: OH SB319 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To generally prohibit storage of firearms where minors can get access to them and to require the transferor of a firearm to inform the transferee of the requirements for storage of the firearm.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-01 - To Civil Justice [SB319 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-SB319-Introduced.html
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Senator Tavares
To amend section 2923.20 and to enact section 2923.26 | 1 |
of the Revised Code to generally prohibit storage | 2 |
of firearms where minors can get access to them | 3 |
and to require the transferor of a firearm to | 4 |
inform the transferee of the requirements for | 5 |
storage of the firearm. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2923.20 be amended and section | 7 |
2923.26 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 2923.20. (A) No person shall: | 9 |
(1) Recklessly sell, lend, give, or furnish any firearm to | 10 |
any person prohibited by section 2923.13 or 2923.15 of the Revised | 11 |
Code from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly sell, | 12 |
lend, give, or furnish any dangerous ordnance to any person | 13 |
prohibited by section 2923.13, 2923.15, or 2923.17 of the Revised | 14 |
Code from acquiring or using any dangerous ordnance; | 15 |
(2) Possess any firearm or dangerous ordnance with purpose to | 16 |
dispose of it in violation of division (A) of this section; | 17 |
(3) Manufacture, possess for sale, sell, or furnish to any | 18 |
person other than a law enforcement agency for authorized use in | 19 |
police work, any brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack, | 20 |
sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife, or | 21 |
similar weapon; | 22 |
(4) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another, | 23 |
negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit such | 24 |
identification, license, or permit showing | 25 |
be authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to section | 26 |
2923.17 of the Revised Code, or negligently fail to take a | 27 |
complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy of | 28 |
that record to the sheriff of the county or safety director or | 29 |
police chief of the municipality where the transaction takes | 30 |
place; | 31 |
(5) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement authorities | 32 |
forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or dangerous ordnance | 33 |
in the person's possession or under the person's control; | 34 |
(6) Sell a firearm or otherwise transfer a firearm for | 35 |
consideration without informing the transferee in writing of the | 36 |
requirements of section 2923.26 of the Revised Code regarding the | 37 |
storage of firearms and of the penalty for a violation of that | 38 |
section. | 39 |
(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful | 40 |
transactions in weapons. A violation of division (A)(1) or (2) of | 41 |
this section is a felony of the fourth degree. A violation of | 42 |
division (A)(3) or (4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the | 43 |
second degree. A violation of division (A)(5) of this section is a | 44 |
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A violation of division (A)(6) | 45 |
of this section is an unclassified misdemeanor for which the | 46 |
offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars. | 47 |
Sec. 2923.26. (A) As used in this section, "minor" means a | 48 |
person under eighteen years of age. | 49 |
(B) No person shall store or leave a firearm in any place not | 50 |
under the person's immediate control where the person knows or has | 51 |
reason to believe that a minor may gain access to the firearm | 52 |
without the lawful permission of the minor's parent, guardian, or | 53 |
custodian unless the firearm is unloaded and kept in a securely | 54 |
locked container and any ammunition for the firearm is kept in a | 55 |
separate, securely locked container. | 56 |
(C) If a firearm is stored or left in violation of this | 57 |
section, a minor gains access to the firearm, and the minor causes | 58 |
death or bodily injury to any person with the firearm, a violation | 59 |
of this section is unlawful storage of a firearm, a felony of the | 60 |
third degree. | 61 |
Section 2. That existing section 2923.20 of the Revised Code | 62 |
is hereby repealed. | 63 |