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The bill prioritizes protecting individual firearm ownership privacy by barring federal-funded, comprehensive registries, at the cost of limiting federal support for state data systems that could aid investigations, shifting costs to states and creating potential legal uncertainty.
Gun owners and state/local governments: Federal funds cannot be used to compel creation of comprehensive registries of lawfully owned firearms, preserving individual ownership privacy and preventing a federal compilation of gun ownership records.
Law enforcement and participating states: The bill preserves federal support and access for lost-or-stolen firearm reporting databases, helping recover stolen guns and aiding crime-prevention efforts.
Law enforcement and public-safety researchers: Restrictions on federal incentives or assistance for state registries may reduce available ownership data for investigations and research, making some crime-prevention and investigative efforts harder.
State and local governments and taxpayers: Limiting federal grant eligibility for certain ownership-tracking systems could shift costs to state budgets or prevent development of systems some officials view as useful for background checks or trend analysis.
State, local, and federal agencies: The prohibition may create ambiguity about permissible federal–state cooperation on partial data-sharing projects, increasing the risk of legal disputes and slowing implementation of cross-jurisdictional tools.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal agencies from funding or supporting state or local databases that list lawfully owned firearms or firearm owners, except for lost-or-stolen reporting systems.
Bars federal agencies from funding or supporting state or local databases that list lawfully owned firearms or people who lawfully own firearms, while allowing databases that record firearms or owners who reported their firearms lost or stolen. Defines which places count as “States” and what qualifies as a “State firearm ownership database.”
Official title: To prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Paul Gosar · Last progress February 25, 2026