Oregon sees push for strictest gun storage law in US

Carol Manstrom, whose 18-year-old son killed himself with a pistol that was left unlocked, speaks at a press conference on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Salem, Ore. Manstrom on Wednesday helped deliver 2,000 signatures to Oregon’s elections office to get a measure on the 2020 ballot that would create the most comprehensive law in America requiring the safe storage of weapons. Manstrom believes her son would be alive today if such a law had been enacted earlier and followed. Next to Manstrom is a box containing the signatures of 2,000 voters supporting the ballot measure. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Lydia Plukchi of the Oregon Secretary of State’s office in Salem, Ore., accepts on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, a box containing 2,000 signatures backing a proposed ballot measure that would create the most comprehensive law in America requiring the safe storage of weapons, as worker Amanda Kessel, behind her, looks on. Delivering the box are Henry Wessinger, president of the State of Safety Action which is backing the proposed measure, and Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

SALEM, Ore. — Carol Manstrom says she lost her 18-year-old son when he grabbed his father’s unsecured pistol and shot himself. Paul Kemp lost his brother-in-law when a man opened fire with a stolen AR-15 assault-style rifle at a shopping mall.

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