1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014”.
Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2014
A BILL
To provide for the development and use of technology for personalized handguns, to require that, within 3 years, all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the United States incorporate such technology, and for other purposes.
2. Findings
Congress finds as follows:
It is in the interest of the United States to protect its citizens from handgun violence and accidental firearm deaths.
Personalizing handguns would prevent unauthorized users, whether children, criminals, or others, from misusing the weapons.
Personalizing handguns would allow authorized users to continue to lawfully own and use their handguns more safely.
In 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control, there were 851 accidental firearm deaths.
In 2010, according to the Centers for Disease Control, 62 people under the age of 15 were killed accidentally with firearms.
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, almost 350,000 incidents of firearm theft from private citizens occur each year.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 45 law enforcement officers were killed with their own firearm between 2002 and 2011.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, almost half of all murders in the United States in 2011 were committed with handguns.