02-22-2021, 01:32 PM
(02-22-2021, 01:21 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Eh, there's a lot that go wrong with this idea. First, your gun could be stolen without you knowing. This would then require a positive defense from someone whose gun was stolen and then used in a crime. That's a big no no as far as criminal law goes, the burden of proof is on the state. Also, the people most likely to get by this type of law would be your amateur gun owner, the atypical gun owner who has one pistol to protect themselves or their family. Many, if not most, gun owners buy their gun, take it to the range once, if at all, and then store the gun, uncleaned for that day they hope never comes in which they will need to use it. A firearms enthusiast will have a safe and will be taking the firearms out of the safe on a reasonably common basis. Also, what if you take every reasonable precaution and your teenaged kid gets your gun and accidentally shoots someone? Your kid is now facing heavy charges and so are you.
If you don't know your gun is stolen you aren't being responsible. There are safes that can send you a text when they are opened, if it's not secured that's on you. Now, if it's stolen and used in a span of say 24-48 hours, or if you are deployed or some other circumstances we can look to have some outs. If your kid can get your gun you weren't responsible, if your teenage kid can get to your gun then you didn't take every reasonable precaution.
It's about expectations, you set the expectations for those who own the firearms and they can choose if they are interested in meeting those expectations or if they are too much. Asking people to know where they are and make sure their kids can't get them doesn't seem like a huge ask in context to what failure to do so could mean.
