PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-70 not licensees (except that in any case in which a secure gun storage or safety device is temporarily unavailable because of theft, casualty loss, consumer sales, backorders from a manufacturer, or any other similar reason beyond the control of the licensee, the dealer shall not be considered to be in violation of the requirement to make available such a device)". (d) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION; EVIDENCE.— (1) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in the amend- 18 USC 923 note. ments made by this section shall be construed— (A) as creating a cause of action against any firearms dealer or any other person for any civil liability; or (B) as establishing any standard of care. (2) EVIDENCE. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, evidence regarding compliance or noncompliance with the amendments made by tlus section shall not be admissible as evidence in any proceeding of any court, agency, board, or other entity. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE. — The amendments made by this section 18 USC 921 note. shall take effect 180 days softer the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 120. FIREARM SAFETY EDUCATION GRANTS, (a) IN GEN- ERAL. — Section 510 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3760) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: "(1) undertaking educational and training programs for— "(A) criminal justice personnel; and "(B) the general public, with respect to the lawful and safe ownership, storage, carriage, or use of firearms, including the provision of secure gun storage or safety devices;"; (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by inserting before the period the following: "and is authorized to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, those persons and entities to carry out the purposes specified in subsection (a)(l)(B) in accordance with subsection (c)"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(c)(1) In accordance with this subsection, the Director may make a grant to, or enter into a contract with, any person or entity referred to in subsection (b) to provide for a firearm safety program that, in a manner consistent with subsection (a)(1)(B), provides for general public training and dissemination of information concerning firearm safety, secure gun storage, and the lawfiil ownership, carriage, or use of firearms, including the provision of secure gun storage or safety devices. "(2) Funds made available under a grant under paragraph (1) may not be used (either directly or by supplanting non-Federal funds) for advocating or promoting gun control, including making communications that are intended to directly or indirectly affect the passage of Federal, State, or local legislation intended to restrict or control the purchase or use of firearms. "(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), each firearm safety program that receives funding under this subsection shall provide for evaluations that shall be developed pursuant to guidelines that the Director of the National Institute of Justice of the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Justice
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