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Senate passes requirement that gun dealers inform buyers about safety locks
Summary
Substitute Senate Bill 93 would require firearm dealers to affirmatively offer and make available a safety locking device and provide safety information; the bill passed the Senate after floor discussion about verbal notification, employee training and inventory availability.
The Senate approved a substitute of Senate Bill 93, a measure aimed at encouraging firearm safety at the point of sale by requiring dealers to offer purchasers an appropriate safety locking device and provide instructional material.
Senate President Peterson (floor sponsor) described the measure as a compromise between those who would have gone farther and those who wanted no requirement: "the requirement that an individual…
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