Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.

HB 2167 requires gun and stun gun owners in Kansas to store weapons in locked containers or with safety locks, preventing access by anyone under 18. It creates a misdemeanor penalty for basic violations (like storing unlocked firearms) and a felony for storing large-capacity firearms (over 10 rounds) where minors can access them. The law specifically targets households with children, making it illegal to leave rifles, shotguns, or machine guns accessible to minors, with exceptions for pre-1899 antique firearms. Violations could be used as evidence of reckless conduct in injury or death cases involving minors. The bill does not apply to replica antique weapons or firearms stored under the owner’s direct control.