SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 955

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senators Rossin and Meek moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 4, line 31,

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17         Section 2.  Section 790.174, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

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

23  is likely to gain access to the firearm without the lawful

24  permission of the minor's parent or the person having charge

25  of the minor, or without the supervision required by law,

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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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 955

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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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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 1, line 21, after the semicolon,

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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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