A proposed Anchorage weapon storage ordinance could make parents responsible if their child brings a deadly weapon to school. Anchorage Assembly member Karen Bronga introduced the measure, which will be discussed at Tuesday´s assembly meeting.
The ordinance states that parents or guardians could face prosecution if their child possesses a weapon that initially belonged to them. It also applies if they authorized the child to have the gun or stored it in a criminally negligent way.
The proposal does not regulate firearm storage beyond state laws or define criminally negligent storage. “My intention is we have this conversation,” Bronga said. She further explained that they must do everything to make schools safer for kids…