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House bill would hold handgun owners responsible in injury or death of a child

April 22, 1997
By: Mary D. Jackson
State Capital Bureau

A House committe heard a bill that would hold owners of handguns responsible if the gun is used to injure or kill a child. Mary Jackson has more from Jefferson City.

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The bill would make the owner guilty of a class D felony if the gun is not unloaded when stored or not attached with a trigger lock.

Linda Spence, an administrator at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, testified in favor of the bill.

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Contents: "Gaining access to a gun and accidentally shooting your two-year old infant brother or sister is not a daily run of the mill kind of thing to overlook."

Representative Jon Dolan spoke out against the bill. He said the penalty would be too strong and the loss of a child was devastating enough.

From Jefferson City, I'm Mary Jackson.