Sponsors (80)
The bill trades reduced civilian availability of certain semi‑automatic firearms and clearer enforcement tools (potentially improving public safety) against added costs and market losses for owners and businesses, broader criminal exposure and civil‑liberties risks for individuals, and increased administrative and justice‑system burdens paid by taxpayers.
Communities and law enforcement: the bill reduces civilian availability of specified gas-operated semi‑automatic firearms and large‑capacity feeding devices, which could lower the risk of mass‑shooting incidents and improve public safety in places where those items are removed.
Courts, regulators, dealers, and buyers: the bill clarifies statutory definitions and requires ATF to publish a prohibited‑firearm list and purchaser acknowledgments, reducing legal ambiguity and improving enforceability and consumer awareness at point of sale.
Federal, state, tribal, and certain license‑holders: the bill preserves explicit exemptions so authorized public‑safety and government users can continue to possess and use covered weapons or devices for official security purposes.
Owners, retailers, and manufacturers: the bill restricts market access for newly prohibited firearms and high‑capacity feeding devices, reduces resale value of some pre‑existing items, and imposes marking/recordkeeping/application fees and delays that raise costs and risk lost sales for small businesses and private owners.
Individual gun owners, hobbyists, and some buyers: the bill creates broader prohibitions, delegated agency discretion over banned models, and criminal penalties tied to knowledge/reasonable‑cause standards, increasing the risk that lawful ownership or ordinary parts combinations could become criminal or require costly legal challenges.
Taxpayers and the justice system: higher mandatory penalties and increased prosecutions could raise incarceration rates and criminal‑justice costs and impose large fines, shifting fiscal burdens to the public.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Bans specified gas‑operated semi‑automatic firearms, conversion devices, and large‑capacity magazines via an ATF prohibited list; creates preapproval, fees, penalties, and allows Byrne grants for buybacks.
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to restrict the possession of certain firearms, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 9, 2025 by Lucy Mcbath · Last progress April 9, 2025
Prohibits the manufacture, import, sale, transfer, and possession of specified "gas‑operated" semi‑automatic firearms, certain conversion devices, and large‑capacity ammunition feeding devices, and directs the ATF to publish and maintain a prohibited‑firearm list. It creates criminal penalties for violations, requires preapproval and fees for newly designed semi‑automatic firearms for civilian sale, and allows Byrne grant funds to be used for buyback compensation for covered firearms and magazines. The bill directs the Attorney General (through the ATF) to create and manage the prohibited list, set application and fee processes, establish appeals and judicial review procedures, and deposit collected taxes and fees into a Firearm Safety Trust Fund to cover administration and related National Firearms Act activities.