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Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 2024 ‘Safe Storage in Pennsylvania.’ Child & Consumer Safety. San Francisco, CA: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. 21 November

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Firearm and Ammunition Storage Regulations in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania law prohibits a licensed firearms dealer from transferring a handgun or short-barreled rifle or shotgun unless he or she provides the transferee with a locking device, the transferee purchases a locking device, or the design of the handgun incorporates a locking device.

"Locking device" is defined as either:

1) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed to prevent the firearm from being operated without first deactivating the device; or
2) a device that is incorporated into the design of a firearm and that is designed to prevent the operation of the firearm by anyone not having access to the device…

[Editor's note: The Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence regularly updates its webpages with new data as US gun regulation evolves state by state. For the most up-to-date information on US gun laws, please refer to the Giffords URL below]

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