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The bill protects owner privacy and preserves state and local control over firearm records by blocking federal support for ownership databases, but it shifts costs to states/localities and may hinder law enforcement and interstate coordination needed for tracing firearms and preventing crime.
Firearm owners (including people with disabilities): federal funding or support for databases that list legally owned firearms or lawful owners is blocked, protecting owner privacy and limiting federal compilation of ownership records.
State and local governments: retain control over firearm records and are not compelled by federal funding mandates, preserving state and local autonomy over gun policy decisions.
Law enforcement: may have reduced access to centralized data that could help trace firearms and investigate crimes, hindering investigations at the state and local level.
Law enforcement and state governments: efforts to build interoperable registries and coordinate across jurisdictions for crime prevention and public safety could be complicated, weakening cross-jurisdictional responses.
State and local governments and taxpayers: bear the financial burden if they opt to create or maintain firearm ownership records without federal assistance, shifting costs to local budgets.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Bars federal funding or support for creating or maintaining state/local firearm ownership registries, except for lost-or-stolen firearm reporting databases.
Prohibits federal agencies from funding or otherwise supporting the creation or maintenance of any State or local database that lists firearms lawfully owned or the identities of lawful firearm owners. The measure allows federal funding or support only for databases that list firearms reported lost or stolen or individuals who reported their firearms lost or stolen, and it defines "State" to include the 50 states, DC, and all U.S. territories.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Paul Gosar · Last progress February 25, 2026