Carrying or storing firearms in motor vehicles and vessels; exceptions, penalty.

Carrying or storing firearms in motor vehiclesand vessels; exceptions; penalty. Provides that any person possessingor storing a firearm in a motor vehicle or vessel shall secure suchfirearm in a locked container, other than a glove box, that is notwithin the dominion and control of or readily accessible for promptand immediate use by any person within the motor vehicle. The billprovides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, licensed securityguards, military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties, or any person having a valid concealed handgun permit. A violationis punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500. The bill alsoremoves the current exception for carrying a concealed weapon forany person who may lawfully possess a firearm and is carrying a handgunwhile in a personal, private motor vehicle or vessel and such handgun is secured in a container or compartment in the vehicle or vessel.