Alabama state Rep. Barbara Drummond, D-Mobile, has prefiled a bill that would charge parents if their children bring a firearm to school that they didn’t lock up properly.

Under HB103, if a minor gains access to and unlawfully possesses a firearm on the premises of a public school as a result of a parent or legal guardian failing to “reasonably secure” it, the parent or legal guardian would be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, according to the bill’s text.

In Alabama this could be punished by up to one year in jail and a $6,000 fine, according to state code.

“It’s common sense,” Drummond said.

“If you look around the country, you look at all of the school shootings that have happened, you ask yourself not if it will happen in Alabama, but when it will happen. And that’s why I’m fighting so hard.”

This will be the third year in a row that Drummond has filed a bill relating to this issue.

She said she is hopeful it will be more successful after some recent changes.

“After reaching across the aisle to some of my Republican colleagues who are avid gun owners and gun supporters…they are hunters, and if they drove or their youngster drove onto a school campus with a hunting shotgun, which I understand is sort of normal protocol for a hunter to have it on the rack, in the back of their truck, they are concerned that they would be charged with a misdemeanor,” she said.

“Well, we put that as an exception, so that will not be the case now.”

She added that she has “talked to the other side” and told them that “this is not a second amendment bill.”

“It has nothing to do with anyone’s right to carry a firearm,” she said.

“It is simply a responsibility bill. If there are folks with firearms, I just want them to lock them up. Because there are so many issues facing young people today, and mental health is one of those.”

“And I certainly don’t want to see any of those weapons appear on the campus and innocent people get hurt.”

The bill is currently pending action in the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.

If passed, it will go into effect on Oct. 1.