Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that classifies unsafe storage for a firearm in a vehicle a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is left knowingly unattended in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Specifies that a person is guilty of unsafe storage of a firearm when the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle, and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container,a locked firearms rack that is on a motor vehicle, locked in the trunk of the vehicle (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the defendant has been issued an otherwise valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon is not a defense for this offense (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that classifies unsafe storage for a firearm in a vehicle a Class A misdemeanor if a firearm is left knowingly unattended in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Specifies that a person is guilty of unsafe storage of a firearm when the person knowingly leaves a firearm unattended in a vehicle, and the firearm is not stored in a locked box or container,a locked firearms rack that is on a motor vehicle, locked in the trunk of the vehicle (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the defendant has been issued an otherwise valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon is not a defense for this offense (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text