Post by pavel on Feb 26, 2016 6:24:21 GMT -6
The two Democrats behind a bill that would require an affidavit to obtain erectile dysfunction pills are setting their sights on a new subject: accidental shootings and preventable deaths.
Rep. Sherry Jones, D-Nashville, and Sen. Sara Kyle, D-Memphis, on Thursday stressed the importance of having the General Assembly adopt legislation that seeks to deter gun owners from leaving loaded weapons near children.
Their bill would make it a crime to "recklessly place, leave or store a firearm in a location that is in plain view and readily accessible to a child" under the age of 13.
Kyle said such a measure is necessary given the fact that last year 10 children died as a result of accidental shootings.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/25/democrats-push-bill-prevent-childrens-access-guns/80946968/
Rep. Sherry Jones, D-Nashville, and Sen. Sara Kyle, D-Memphis, on Thursday stressed the importance of having the General Assembly adopt legislation that seeks to deter gun owners from leaving loaded weapons near children.
Their bill would make it a crime to "recklessly place, leave or store a firearm in a location that is in plain view and readily accessible to a child" under the age of 13.
Kyle said such a measure is necessary given the fact that last year 10 children died as a result of accidental shootings.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/25/democrats-push-bill-prevent-childrens-access-guns/80946968/