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The bill protects privacy by preventing federal funding for firearm-owner lists and limits federal involvement in ownership tracking, but it shifts costs to states and may reduce federal support that aids firearm tracing and criminal investigations.
Gun owners and private firearm purchasers: federal funds are barred from creating or maintaining lists of lawfully owned firearms or firearm owners, preserving greater privacy for owners.
State and local governments and law enforcement: states may maintain lost-or-stolen firearm registries that help recover stolen guns and support investigations.
State and local governments and gun owners: limits federal involvement in tracking lawful firearm ownership, reducing the risk that federally funded databases become a de facto national registry.
State and local law enforcement: may lose federal funding or technical assistance needed to build or modernize systems for tracing firearms, potentially weakening criminal investigations.
Victims of gun theft and communities affected by trafficking: could face reduced investigation resources if broader ownership-tracking tools are barred from federal support, making recovery and prosecutions harder.
State and local governments and taxpayers: may incur additional costs to develop or maintain owner-record systems if federal grants and modernization funds are unavailable.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prevents federal agencies from funding or supporting state/local databases of lawfully owned firearms or lawful gun owners, except for lost/stolen firearm records.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Cindy Hyde-Smith · Last progress February 25, 2026
Prohibits federal agencies from providing funding or other support to create or maintain state or local databases that list lawfully owned firearms or people who lawfully own firearms. The ban covers all U.S. states and territories but does not apply to databases that track firearms or owners who have reported guns lost or stolen.