Secure Storage Requirements
| Alabama: | None |
| Alaska: | None |
| Arizona: | None |
| Arkansas: | None |
| California: | A person commits the crime of “criminal storage of a firearm in the third degree” if the person keeps any firearm within any premises and negligently stores or leaves a firearm in a location where the person knows, or reasonably should know, that a child is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the child’s parent or legal guardian, unless reasonable action is taken by the person to secure the firearm against access by the child. |
| Colorado: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. Also in unoccupied vehicles firearms must be in a secure container and out of sight. |
| Connecticut: | Firearms must be securely stored any time they are not in the owner's immediate control. |
| Delaware: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. Specific to a vehicle, it is a crime to leave a firearm unattended in a vehicle unless it is in a locked container, trunk, or locked rack. |
| District of Columbia: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| Florida: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Georgia: | None |
| Hawaii: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access in a home. No person shall intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly store or otherwise leave a loaded or unloaded firearm out of the person's immediate possession or control inside a vehicle without first securely locking the firearm in a safe storage depository that is out of sight from outside of the vehicle. |
| Idaho: | None |
| Illinois: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Indiana: | None |
| Iowa: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Kansas: | None |
| Kentucky: | None |
| Louisiana: | None |
| Maine: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor (under 16) gaining unauthorized access. |
| Maryland: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| Massachusetts: | Firearms must be securely stored any time they are not in the owner's immediate control. |
| Michigan: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Minnesota: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| Mississippi: | None |
| Missouri: | None |
| Montana: | None |
| Nebraska: | None |
| Nevada: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| New Hampshire: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| New Jersey: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| New Mexico: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| New York: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| North Carolina: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| North Dakota: | None |
| Ohio: | None |
| Oklahoma: | None |
| Oregon: | Firearms must be securely stored any time they are not in the owner's immediate control. |
| Pennsylvania: | Firearms must be securely stored any time they are not in the owner's immediate control. |
| Rhode Island: | Firearms must be securely stored any time they are not in the owner's immediate control. |
| South Carolina: | None |
| South Dakota: | None |
| Tennessee: | None |
| Texas: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Utah: | None |
| Vermont: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| Virginia: | Firearms must be securely stored when one knows or reasonably should know that a juvenile (under 14) can gain access to the firearm without the permission of their parent or guardian or when a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm. |
| Washington: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor gaining unauthorized access. |
| West Virginia: | None |
| Wisconsin: | There are legal consequences if one fails to secure their firearm and that leads to a minor (under 14) gaining unauthorized access. |
| Wyoming: | None |
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