Nevada lawmakers on Monday heard stirring testimony from the parents of Brooklynn Mohler, a 13-year-old Las Vegas girl who died of an accidental gunshot wound at a friend's house in 2013.

"The Glock had been left in a kitchen cabinet, loaded and chambered," Darchel Mohler told state legislators. "Brooklynn’s friend accessed the gun while they were in the kitchen. There were no charges in Brooklynn’s death. It was ruled an accident.

"We need to stop allowing people to say they’re responsible gun owners, without holding them accountable," Mohler said.

She said Nevada's Assembly Bill 153 would help do exactly that.

THE DEBATE OVER GUNS IN CARSON CITY

The measure, sponsored by Assemblyman Ozzie Fumo, D-Las Vegas, would tighten existing restrictions on those who negligently leave firearms around children.

Fumo said the bill would simply make it a misdemeanor for someone to leave guns lying around if they know there is a "substantial risk" a child might obtain it.

The measure faced some pushback from state Sen. Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, who felt it was redundant.

Fumo said the Clark County District Attorney didn't see it that way. Prosecutors declined to press charges in Mohler's case, he said, even though the gun that killed her was left in the same kitchen cabinet where the gun owner kept his "Disney glasses."

Legislative committee members took no action on the measure.

Monday’s meetings came less than two months after lawmakers held an even more contentious hearing on the recently signed expansion of background checks on private gun sales.

Lawmakers on Monday also heard testimony on a gun bill pushed by an assemblywoman who is also a survivor of the October 1 shooting.

James DeHaven is the politics reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal. He covers campaigns, the Nevada Legislature and everything in between. Support his work by subscribing to RGJ.com right here.