article_snippet: A couple in Nevada are fighting for a change in the law after being denied the chance to become foster parents because foster parents have permits to carry guns.
article_snippet: On Wednesday Brian and Valerie Wilson of Las Vegas testified before the state Assembly Judiciary Committee to ask lawmakers to approve a bill that would allow residents to carry loaded weapons on residents person or in a car and still serve as foster parents.
article_snippet: Valerie Wilson's bill would have allowed Nevadans with concealed-weapons permits, and law enforcement officers, to carry loaded weapons on Nevadans with concealed-weapons permits, and law enforcement officers person in a home or car and still be eligible to be foster parents.
article_snippet: If not carried on Nevadans with concealed-weapons permits, and law enforcement officers person, the weapons would be required to be kept in a secure safe, but Nevadans with concealed-weapons permits, and law enforcement officers could remain loaded.
article_snippet: Current rules reportedly require guns and ammunition to be stored separately in secure containers in homes with foster children. '
article_snippet: We're talking about law-abiding people, people who have had background checks.
article_snippet: On Wednesday Valerie Wilson's testified before the Nevada State Assembly Judiciary Committee to ask lawmakers to approve a bill that would allow residents to carry loaded weapons on residents person or in a car and still serve as foster parents - a car was rejected . '
article_snippet: We're not talking about leaving a firearm around the house,' a firearm said.
article_snippet: We have children in need of great foster care, and We have had people that are law-abiding citizens that have gotten children background checks, that have children CCWs, literally denied to foster a child because children have a concealed-weapons permit,' a child said.