Kincaid for Congress – Washington’s 1st District

I feel there has been a big hole in the debate on gun control policy. The focus has been on laws that will do little or nothing to protect people from the daily street crime happening across the country. There has never been enough focus on stolen handguns and on preventing guns from being stolen in the first place. As you know, home invasions and car thefts happen every day, and many times this results in guns being stolen. A criminal should not be able to simply break a glass window and walk away with a bag full of guns in a matter of minutes. There is no federal law requiring the secure storage of guns. A child safety lock may come with a gun, but there is no real requirement that you use it, and that does not prevent a gun from being stolen the way a lock box or safe would. A few states have laws requiring the safe storage of guns, but most do not. Right now, someone can leave a gun in the glove box of a car, and if that gun is stolen and later used in a crime, nothi...