CA Assemblywoman: New Gun Storage Laws ‘Restrictive’

By Tom Knighton

While I think everyone should store their firearms safely, especially if there are kids in the house, I don’t like laws that tell me to do so. I think that’s true of a whole lot of gun rights advocates.

In California, though, they seem to prefer telling people what to do. It’s kind of their default state.

One assemblywoman, however, is pointing out to her colleagues that this is going too far.

Assemblywoman Marjorie Byrnes, R-Caledonia, says legislation passed by the state Legislature that requires gun owners to keep firearms in a locked cabinet or equipped with a trigger-locking device, especially in households with children younger than 16 years old, is “overly restrictive.”

The state Assembly and Senate passed the law (S2450/A2686) on March 4, five weeks after lawmakers approved a package of other gun-control measures.

The latest measure, sponsored by Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan, and Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Westchester, makes it a misdemeanor offense to fail to securely store a rifle, shotgun or other firearm or render it incapable of being fired when a child is in a home.

Assembly and Senate Republicans who voted against the measure said it’s an infringement on Second Amendment rights to bear arms and could leave …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms