Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2025

This bill limits how the federal government can use emergency powers to restrict guns. It says the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services cannot declare emergencies or disasters just to put gun control measures in place. It also blocks federal workers, or anyone acting with federal authority or funds during disaster relief, from banning the possession, making, selling, or transferring of firearms, ammunition, magazines, or accessories while responding to a major disaster or emergency. The bill updates disaster law to make these protections clear, including for ammunition, magazines, and firearm accessories.

Key points

• Who is affected: The President, HHS, federal employees, and anyone working with federal authority or funds during disaster relief efforts.
• What changes: Emergency or disaster declarations can’t be used to impose gun control, and disaster-response personnel can’t ban guns, ammo, magazines, or accessories during relief operations .
• When: These rules would take effect if the bill becomes law.