Oregon committee hears bill preventing child access to guns

[flamin lib]

http://www.mailtribune.com/article/20150416/NEWS/150419624/101141/NEWS

SALEM — Two days after Oregon senators passed legislation expanding background checks to cover most private gun sales, lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on a proposal making it a crime for adults to endanger minors by letting them gain unsupervised access to firearms.
Under the measure, gun owners who keep firearms on their premises could be punished with up to a year in prison or a $6,250 fine if a minor gets access to a gun that wasn't locked up. There are exceptions for firearms that are stolen and for temporary transfers done while hunting or for target practice.
Those found guilty of allowing an unsupervised minor to access to guns would also barred from owning a firearm for five years.

Of course this isn't necessary because all gun owners are responsible, right? And if it passes all will immediately conform because they are all law abiding, right?

[Maedhros]

1. If gun owners are behaving responsibly, they will not have to worry about this law. [n/t]