Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act of 2025

This bill updates federal gun laws to make room for new, less-than-lethal devices. It would exclude certain “less-than-lethal projectile devices” from the usual firearm restrictions if they meet strict safety rules. A device must not be able to fire regular handgun, rifle, or shotgun ammo; must not shoot any projectile faster than 500 feet per second; is designed not to cause death or serious injury; and cannot use, or be easily changed to use, common semiautomatic magazines or ammo feeding through a pistol grip. The Attorney General would have 90 days to decide if a device meets this definition after receiving it for review.

In short, it aims to clear a legal path for safer tools that help reduce deadly force, while setting clear guardrails so these devices can’t act like regular guns.

• Who is affected: Buyers, sellers, and makers of less-than-lethal devices; police and community safety programs.
• What changes: Qualifying devices would no longer be treated like firearms under federal law; a 90-day review clock applies when the government checks a device’s status.
• When: Takes effect if enacted; the 90-day review applies once a device is submitted for a decision.