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This bill creates two new sections in Missouri law establishing criminal offenses related to unsafe firearm storage, introducing "community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm" as a potential criminal charge. Under the first-degree offense, a person can be charged with a class C felony if they store a firearm in a location where an unauthorized person (someone legally prohibited from possessing a firearm) can access it, and that person subsequently causes personal injury or death with the firearm. The second-degree offense, a class D felony, applies when an unauthorized person discharges the firearm, carries or displays it in a threatening manner, or uses it to commit a crime. The bill provides several exceptions to these offenses, such as when the firearm is stored in a secure gun storage device with a trigger lock, when a minor has parental permission and supervision, when the firearm is used in self-defense, or when the firearm was taken through an unlawful entry that is reported to law enforcement within five days. These provisions aim to encourage responsible firearm storage and reduce the risk of firearms being misused by unauthorized individuals.

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