Firearms/Guns/Ammunition

Armor Piercing Ammunition; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 2024 Final Rule: Definition of Engaged in the Business as a Dealer in Firearms; Combatting Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD); Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R.38 / S.65); Congressional Amicus Brief re: NSSF v. James Cert Petition; Congressional Notification of USML Category I firearms; Department of the Interior SO 3447 - Expanding Hunting and Fishing Access, Removing Unnecessary Barriers, and Ensuring Consistency Across the Department of the Interior Lands and Waters; Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act (P.L. 118-234); Fair Access to Banking Act (S.401 / H.R.987); FFL Protection Act (H.R.1773); Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act (H.R.45 / S.137); Firearms Access During Shutdowns Act (S.3085 / H.R.5874); FY26, FY27 Appropriations-Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; FY27 Appropriations-Defense; FY27 Appropriations-Financial Services & General Government; FY26, FY27 Appropriations-Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; FY27 Appropriations-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; FY26 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R.7148); FY26, FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.3838 / S.2296); Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (S.3916 / H.R.7678) Hearing Protection Act (H.R.404 / S.364); Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act (H.R.2189); Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act (H.R.1698); Microstamping Technology Effectiveness; Nomination of Robert Cekada (ATF Director); Nomination of Travis Hill (FDIC Chairman); Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporations proposed rule on Prohibition on Use of Reputation Risk by Regulators; Pet and Livestock Protection Act (H.R.845); Possession and Importation of Machineguns; Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act (H.R.556 / S.537); Protecting Americans Right to Silence (PARTS) Act (H.R.631 / S.1039); Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act (H.R.1181 / S.1715); Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Resolution Recognizing SAAMIs 100-Year Anniversary (H.Res.1137); Roll back ESG To Increase Retirement Earnings Act (H.R.5339); Saving Our Veterans Lives Act (H.R.1987 / S.926); Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025 (H.R.3613); Sunday Hunting on Federal Lands; Transfer export licensing of firearm suppressors (silencers) from State Department - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) to the Commerce Department - Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS); Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition; Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act (S.478 / H.R.1041); Visa Applications for Foreign Buyers Attending U.S. Trade Shows; Voluntary Firearm Custody Safe Harbor Act (Draft).

Everything, with a primary focus on promoting social welfare for business capital for new businesses and jobs, and economic development, and then other supplementary areas.

Advocacy related to protecting 2nd Amendment Rights.

Federal funding for firearms safety and injury prevention research Firearms safety and injury prevention policy H.R.5178-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease S. 1595-Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act, to enable State Medicaid programs to provide comprehensive, coordinated care through a health home to individuals with sickle cell disease

Signed onto coalition letter supporting funding for gun violence prevention research in FY26.

Engagement on consumer safety standards, federal procurement and grant eligibility, interstate commerce and shipping issues, liability frameworks, and export controls.

JWI staff is urging members of Congress to support a bill to prohibit respondents to final dating violence protective orders and stalking misdemeanants from possessing, receiving, shipping, or transporting firearms. JWI is urging members of Congress to vote in opposition to H.R.38, federally mandated concealed carry reciprocity. JWI is providing material and has done briefings in opposition to the bill to deregulate certain 'less-than-lethal' projectile weapons. JWI is working with lawmakers to introduce a bill to notify victims when a domestic abuser fails a firearms background check.

The benefits of body worn cameras, TASERS, and non-lethal drones and related operating systems for achieving administration objectives.

TOP PRIORITY - H.R. 2243 (Bacon, R-NE) the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) exempting qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms; H.R. 2255 (Fry, R-SC) the Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act, which would allow Federal law enforcement officers to purchase retired service weapons;

Support continuing funding for firearm violence prevention research at CDC, NIH, NIJ.