Sponsor
Daniel Crenshaw
Representative · R-TX
The bill prioritizes expanded federal-level firearm rights, clearer federal standards, and reduced local registration for D.C. residents and dealers, trading greater owner privacy and uniformity for diminished local control and increased public-safety, enforcement, and litigation risks.
D.C. residents and visitors gain broader ability to buy, possess, transport, and carry firearms (including semiautomatic firearms and previously banned large-capacity magazines) without many local permitting, registration, or appearance-based restrictions.
Federal licensees, law enforcement, and regulated individuals get clearer, more uniform legal definitions and a federal standard (including DOJ guidance) that reduce ambiguity about who and what the law covers and improve compliance certainty.
Transfers remain subject to federal background checks and prohibited‑person rules (NICS and federal prohibitions continue to apply), preserving a federal safety screen at points of sale and transfer.
D.C. residents, visitors, students, and others in dense urban areas could face higher public-safety risks because the bill increases lawful availability of firearms, semiautomatic weapons, large-capacity magazines, and concealed carry without local permits or registration.
The District government and local officials lose policymaking authority over firearms through preemption and congressional control, shifting key public-safety decisions away from locally elected leaders.
Local law enforcement will have fewer investigative tools—without local registration and with limits on local restrictions—making it harder to trace stolen firearms, investigate shootings, and remove dangerous weapons from the community.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Stops D.C. firearm registration and feature-based bans, allows permitless concealed carry for eligible adults, and preempts inconsistent local rules.
Representative · R-TX
Official title: To restore and protect the Second Amendment rights of residents and United States citizens who visit the District of Columbia by modernizing the District's firearm laws, eliminating prior restraints on acquisition and possession, establishing concealed constitutional carry, prohibiting feature-based firearm bans, and facilitating lawful purchases through Federally licensed dealers in neighboring States, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 15, 2026 by Daniel Crenshaw · Last progress April 15, 2026
Prohibits the District of Columbia from requiring firearm registration or prior approval for firearms that are lawful under federal law, requires destruction of most existing registration records, and creates a private right of action to enforce those rules. It also preempts local bans on semiautomatic features and large-capacity magazines, allows eligible adults (21+) to carry a concealed handgun in D.C. without a District permit, and adjusts federal licensee transfer punctuation to permit transfers from Virginia and Maryland to D.C. residents. The law preserves federal prohibitions (e.g., NFA items and possession by federal prohibited persons) and federal background-check requirements, allows property owners to bar firearms on their premises, and takes effect 60 days after enactment. Courts may enjoin inconsistent District rules and award relief, damages, and attorneys’ fees to prevailing plaintiffs.