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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced February 25, 2025 by Richard Blumenthal · Last progress February 25, 2025
Makes it a federal offense to keep or store certain firearms at home when a minor (under 18) or a person legally prohibited from possessing firearms could access them without permission. The bill creates civil penalties and escalated criminal penalties if an improperly stored firearm is obtained and causes injury or death, authorizes seizure/forfeiture of the firearm, adds a congressional “sense” that failure to safely store firearms is negligent and a proximate cause of resulting harm, and directs creation of a Firearm Safe Storage Program under existing crime‑control law (program text not provided).