English: Seal of the Senate of Missouri Русский: Печать Сената штата Миссури (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – Missouri state Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal wants parents to notify schools if they own a gun. It also makes failing to prevent guns getting into the wrong hands an illegal offense. She is holding a news conference on Wednesday in Jefferson city to release the proposed legislation.

According to a release from the Senator’s office Senate Bill 124 will make, “failing to prevent illegal firearm possession, it creates the offense of negligent storage of a firearm and it requires a parent or guardian enrolling a child in school to notify the school district or the governing body of a private or charter school that the parent or guardian owns a firearm.”

The press conference will be held at noon in the Bingham Gallery on the 3rd floor of the State Capitol.

FOX 2 will post the details of the conference when they are released

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