Sponsors (8)
The bill aims to reduce firearm accidents and suicides by promoting and funding safer storage and safety technologies, while trading off increased federal spending and risks to privacy, affordability, and fair procurement.
People at risk of self-harm: access to safer firearm-storage technologies could reduce fatal suicide attempts by making firearms harder to access in moments of crisis.
State and local law enforcement and communities: federal grants and support to acquire or develop gun-safety and safe-storage technologies could reduce firearm misuse, accidental shootings, and improve public safety locally.
Law enforcement operations: guidance and adoption of safe-storage technologies could reduce accidental discharges and improve officer safety during duty.
Local communities and individuals: deployment of surveillance-linked or access-controlled firearm technologies (including police use) could create significant privacy and civil‑liberty risks.
Taxpayers: the bill authorizes potential new federal spending for grants, research, or procurement that could increase federal outlays and taxpayer costs if appropriations follow.
Low-income gun owners and families: recommendations or market shifts toward expensive smart-lock or storage technologies could create affordability barriers for compliance with best practices.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Creates authority for a federal gun safety technology grant program and requires the Attorney General to report within one year on development, deployment, and suicide-prevention uses of safe firearm storage technology.
Official title: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to support the development of safe firearm storage devices, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 8, 2026 by Suhas Subramanyam · Last progress June 8, 2026
Creates authority to add a federal grant program to support gun safety technologies and requires the Attorney General to report to Congress within one year on how to promote, deploy, and use safe-firearm storage technology to prevent self-harm and aid law enforcement. The text establishes the program heading in existing crime-control law but does not specify funding, eligibility, or administrative details in the supplied excerpt.