Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
Sponsored By: Representative Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
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Summary
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which: (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
TX • R
Sponsored 1/24/2017
Allen
GA • R
Sponsored 3/15/2017
Sessions
TX • R
Sponsored 4/26/2017
Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
NC • R
Sponsored 4/26/2017
Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
UT • R
Sponsored 4/26/2017
Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
WV • R
Sponsored 4/26/2017
Stefanik
NY • R
Sponsored 4/27/2017
Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/27/2017
Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
IA • R
Sponsored 4/27/2017
Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
MS • R
Sponsored 5/3/2017
Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
ME • R
Sponsored 5/3/2017
Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
TX • R
Sponsored 5/3/2017
Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
GA • R
Sponsored 5/18/2017
Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
IN • R
Sponsored 5/18/2017
Newhouse
WA • R
Sponsored 6/6/2017
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 6/6/2017
Carter (GA)
GA • R
Sponsored 7/25/2017
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