[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 83 (Friday, May 15, 2026)]
[House]
[Pages H3541-H3542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SAFE FIREARM STORAGE

  (Mr. MENEFEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MENEFEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce the Kimberly 
Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act.
  Eight years ago, Kimberly was a student at a Texas high school, and 
she and several of her classmates and teachers were murdered by a 
student who brought his parents' gun to school because it was not 
properly secured.
  Their deaths were both a tragedy and entirely preventable.
  Safe firearm storage is one of the simplest and most effective ways 
to reduce gun violence, suicides, accidental deaths, and having stolen 
weapons end up in the hands of people who should not have them.
  Seven million children in this country are in a home with a loaded 
and unlocked firearm. Every year, hundreds of kids are killed and 
injured because guns are within arms' reach.
  This bill aims to change that. It requires safe storage devices with 
every firearm sale. It provides grants so that communities can 
distribute those devices. And it gives retailers a tax credit to make 
it easier for them to do the right thing.
  Kimberly and her schoolmates should have come home that day. This 
bill ensures that every single kid does.

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