PRINTER'S NO. 3116
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1964
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY ACOSTA, DEAN, THOMAS, FRANKEL, V. BROWN,
SANTARSIERO, SCHLOSSBERG, M. DALEY, O'BRIEN, COHEN, KIM,
KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, BRIGGS, SIMS AND MAHONEY, APRIL 7, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 7, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, providing for safe storage of firearms; and
prescribing penalties.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 6143. Safe storage of firearms.
(a) Storage requirements.--A person who owns a firearm
shall:
(1) maintain the firearm in a securely locked box or
container; or
(2) secure the firearm with a trigger, chamber or cable
lock;
except when the person carries the firearm on his body or within
such close proximity to his body that the person reasonably
believes another person is unable to take possession of the
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