City of Milwaukee - File #: 220420

• File #: 220420
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 7/12/2022
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the supervision and storage of firearms.
• Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. COGGS, ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. SPIKER

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/26/2022	2	CITY CLERK	REFERRED TO; Minutes note: Returned as not legal and enforceable.
7/21/2022	1	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsor Ald. Stamper, II MPD Chief od Staff Nick DeSiato LRB Aaron Cadle Proposed Sub A offered by Ald. Borkowski, There were no objections. Ald.Coggs, Zamarripa and Spiker asked to be added as co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	4:0
7/21/2022	2	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
7/19/2022	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
7/12/2022	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
220420
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER, PEREZ, COGGS, ZAMARRIPA, AND SPIKER
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the supervision and storage of firearms.
Sections
105-30 cr
Analysis
This ordinance requires a firearm owner to properly store and supervise the whereabouts of any firearm owned, at all times, to ensure the firearm is not acquired by any person and used in the commission of a crime. The ordinance also requires the firearm owner to report the theft or misplacement of any firearm to the police within 24 hours of discovery.

The ordinance also regulates the storage of a firearm in an unoccupied vehicle to ensure the firearm is securely locked in a vehicle compartment or in a secure locking device not visible from outside the vehicle.

Furthermore, the ordinance imposes a forfeiture on the firearm owner of not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000, together with the costs prosecution, if the firearm, which has not been reported as stolen, is determined by a court to have been used in the commission of a either a felony or misdemeanor.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 105-30 of the code is created to read:

105-30. Firearm Supervision and Storage.

1. FINDINGS. The common council finds careless storage and inadequate supervision of firearms by owners, including storage of firearms in unoccupied vehicles, often results in firearm theft and the use of firearms by persons other than the owners in the commission of crimes.
2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this section:
a. "Firearm" means a handgun, rifle or shotgun which acts by force of gunpowder or explosive to expel a projectile through a smooth or rifled bore.
b. “Secure locking device”, means a device that can only be opened or released with an electronic, magnetic or mechanical key, or with an alphabetical or numerical combination
3. SUPERVISION. A firearm owner shall, at all times, properly...