China's punishment standards for the crime of illegally storing firearms are:
1. If a natural person commits this crime, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death;
2. If a unit commits this crime, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible for the crime shall be punished in accordance with the above provisions.
[Legal Basis]
Article 125 of the Criminal Law: Whoever illegally manufactures, trades in, transports, mails or stores guns, ammunition or explosives shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death.
Whoever illegally manufactures, trades in, transports or stores toxic, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, thereby endangering public security, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding two paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and the other persons who are directly responsible for the crime shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
