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OR: Oregon committee hears bill preventing child access to guns
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Two days after Oregon senators passed legislation expanding background checks to cover most private gun sales, lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on a proposal making it a crime for adults to endanger minors by letting them gain unsupervised access to firearms.
Under the measure, gun owners who keep firearms on their premises could be punished with up to a year in prison or a $6,250 fine if a minor gets access to a gun that wasn’t locked up. There are exceptions for firearms that are stolen and for temporary transfers done while hunting or for target practice. |
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| This bill, if passed, would children who may lawfully be left on their own, without direct parental supervision, but have not yet reached 18 years of age, from exercising their Constitutional Right of self-defense if someone breaks into their home. |
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