Loaded firearms required to be stored in locations where persons prohibited from possessing firearms cannot access the firearms.

HF 3497 requires gun owners to store loaded firearms securely in locations where children **and** individuals prohibited from owning firearms (under Section 624.713) cannot access them. It amends Minnesota Statute 609.666 to make it a gross misdemeanor to negligently leave a loaded firearm where such prohibited persons might gain access, unless reasonable security measures are taken. The bill directly affects gun owners who store firearms without securing them from these specific groups. This change expands the previous law, which only addressed children, to include all legally prohibited firearm possessors.