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Official title: To make unlawful the sale of any firearm by a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer without a written notice promoting safe storage and a safe storage device, to create and disseminate best practices regarding safe firearm storage, to create a grant program for the distribution of safe storage devices, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for sales at retail of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 17, 2025 by André Carson · Last progress July 17, 2025
The bill increases access to and encouragement for safer firearm storage through guidance, purchase notices, grants, and a tax incentive — trading public spending, administrative and compliance costs, and some rights/overreach concerns for likely but uneven improvements in household gun safety given the voluntary and limited nature of many provisions.
Households with firearms (especially parents and children) are more likely to store guns and ammunition more securely because the bill combines government guidance, purchase notices, subsidies, and a tax credit to encourage safe storage.
Tribal communities, local governments, and community programs receive sustained federal funding and support to distribute free or subsidized secure storage devices and run local distribution programs ($10M/year authorized for 2027–2035), enabling longer-term planning and partnerships.
Gun buyers and the public get a centralized, Attorney General–maintained website and a required safety message/link at purchase that provide reliable, up-to-date safe-storage guidance and reduce ambiguity about recommended practices.
Many of the bill's measures are voluntary, nonbinding, or limited in scope (guidance is advisory, purchase notices don't compel behavior, tax credit exclusions and nonrefundable design limit reach), so overall reductions in accidental shootings or unauthorized access may be smaller than hoped.
Taxpayers bear new costs: $10M/year in grants plus additional administrative and program costs, and the tax credit reduces federal revenue, which may crowd out other spending or increase budgetary pressure.
The bill creates administrative and compliance burdens — manufacturers/importers and retailers face added costs to produce/affix notices and labels, DOJ/ATF may need resources for oversight, and grant applicants must meet reporting requirements — which could be onerous for small businesses and local/tribal grantees.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Creates AG-issued safe-storage guidance and a public website, requires labeling on firearms by higher-volume manufacturers, funds grants to buy/distribute storage devices, and creates a business tax credit for device sales.
Requires the Attorney General to create and publish voluntary safe-firearm storage best practices, establishes a public website and a mandatory safe-storage notice on qualifying firearms sold by higher-volume licensed manufacturers/importers, broadens language in existing safe-storage law, creates a federal grant program to buy and distribute safe-storage devices, and creates a business tax credit for first retail sales of qualifying safe-storage devices. It includes implementation deadlines, annual reporting requirements, funding authorization for grants through 2035, and a tax credit that expires after 2022-level timeframe (terminates for sales after December 31, 2032).