Bill > S0190

Introduced Session

An act relating to storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; amending s. 790.25, F.S.; providing requirements for storage of handguns in private conveyances and vessels; providing definitions; requiring law enforcement agencies to engage in a specified promotional campaign; requiring counties to adopt, by a date certain, specified ordinances concerning the parents of children who have been found to have stolen a handgun from a conveyance or vessel; providing a declaration of important state interest; providing effective dates. WHEREAS, on average, at least one gun is stolen from a car every 9 minutes in the United States, and WHEREAS, the rate of gun thefts from cars is triple what it was a decade ago, including both consistent increases nearly every year over the decade and a marked spike during the recent pandemic, and WHEREAS, a decade ago, roughly a quarter of gun thefts were from cars, but in 2022, over half of gun thefts were from cars, and WHEREAS, cars parked at residences are the most common source of stolen guns, demonstrating the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations, and WHEREAS, cities in states with the weakest gun safety laws see nearly 18 times the rate of gun thefts from cars as those in states with the strongest gun laws, and WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is the responsibility of parents to supervise their children under 18 years of age, NOW, THEREFORE,

Darryl Rouson (D)*,  Carlos Smith (D), 

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration (on 05/03/2025)

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