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SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 3. Section 790.174, Florida Statutes, is
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19 790.174 Safe storage of firearms required.--
20 (1) A person who stores or leaves, on a premise under
21 his or her control, a loaded firearm, as defined in s.
22 790.001, and who knows or reasonably should know that a minor
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24 permission of the minor's parent or the person having charge
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26 shall keep the firearm in a securely locked box or container
27 or in a location which a reasonable person would believe to be
28 secure and or shall secure it with a trigger lock, except when
29 the person is carrying the firearm on his or her body or
30 within such close proximity thereto that he or she can
31 retrieve and use it as easily and quickly as if he or she
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1 carried it on his or her body.
2 (2) It is a misdemeanor of the second degree,
3 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, if a
4 person violates subsection (1) by failing to store or leave a
5 firearm in the required manner and as a result thereof a minor
6 gains access to the firearm, without the lawful permission of
7 the minor's parent or the person having charge of the minor,
8 and possesses or exhibits it, without the supervision required
9 by law:
10 (a) In a public place; or
11 (b) In a rude, careless, angry, or threatening manner
12 in violation of s. 790.10.
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14 This subsection does not apply if the minor obtains the
15 firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.
16 (3) As used in this act, the term "minor" means any
17 person under the age of 16.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 amending s. 790.174, F.S.; requiring that a
28 loaded firearm to which a minor is likely to
29 gain access be stored in a secure location and
30 secured with a trigger lock;
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