Official:Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-834, entitled "Responsibility to Avoid Possession and Discharge of Firearms by Children" to prohibit adults from allowing children to have unsupervised access to firearms; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: October 26, 2006
Signed: December 14, 2005
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires adults to ensure children do not have unsupervised access to firearms and makes it a law that loaded guns must be safely stored in Philadelphia.
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