Have a Gun? Proposed Bill Would Require You to Tell Your Child's School

Parents of school-age children would be required to report their gun ownership to their child's school under a new bill proposed by Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City.

Chappelle-Nadal also sits on the Board of Education for the School District of University City. She will hold a news conference today to discuss Senate Bill 124. 

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.”

To read the entire text of the bill, click here.

The bill comes just over a month after a 12-year-old Brittany Woods Middle School student was killed in a shooting at a friend's home. Demetri Phillips was killed after he and a friend found a gun under a pillow.

KSDK spoke to parents at Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School, most of whom expressed concern about reporting gun ownership to their child's school authorities. 

Do you think gun owners should have to alert their child's school about the guns in their homes? Tell us in the comments.