# 116-hr-5875: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

116-hr-5875, Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5875
- Congress: 116
- Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2020-02-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearm transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses. Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.) The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the 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.

## Cosponsors (14)

- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2020-02-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] (R-AZ), 2020-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2020-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watkins, Steve [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2020-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Walker, Mark [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-4903: Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5875 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5875)

## Related
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-4903: Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4903)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5875 (as of 2025-11-18).