Relating to the imposition of civil liability on parents or guardians when minors cause injury with firearms

This bill relates to civil liability of parents or guardians when a minor causes injury with a firearm. The bill provides that if a parent or guardian either permits a minor to have a firearm or leaves the firearm in a place accessible to the minor, and the minor discharges the firearm, civil liability shall be imputed to a parent or guardian having custody and control of the minor for purposes of civil damages for any injury to the person or property of a person other than the minor proximately caused by the discharge, and the parent or guardian shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages resulting from the act. The bill provides that the liability imposed by the Code section is in addition to any liability otherwise imposed by law. However, the bill provides that no person, or group of persons collectively, shall incur liability under the Code section in any amount exceeding $30,000 for injury to or death of one person as a result of any one occurrence or, subject to the limit as to one person, exceeding $60,000 for injury to or death for all persons as a result of any one such occurrence.