# 119-s-961: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

119-s-961, Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-961
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Cosponsors: 11
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Allows active-duty military spouses to receive firearms and ammunition at overseas duty stations.** The bill would let licensed dealers, importers, and manufacturers sell or ship firearms and ammunition to a service member's spouse on the same basis as the service member, and it would treat members and spouses as residents of certain states for federal firearms law purposes. - Spouses of active-duty members could receive firearms and ammunition at the member's duty station, including stations outside the United States. - Licensed dealers, importers, and manufacturers would be authorized to sell or ship firearms and ammunition to those spouses under the same rules that apply to service members. - For federal firearms laws the bill would treat members and spouses as residents of any State where they maintain legal residence, where the member's permanent duty station is located, or where the member keeps a home from which they commute to the duty station. - The changes would apply to conduct occurring after 180 days following enactment.

## Cosponsors (11)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2025-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Define residency for military families: benefit, medium. If enacted, active-duty service members and their spouses would be treated as residents for federal gun rules of any one of three States: the State of legal residence, the State of the member’s permanent duty station, or the State where the member keeps a home and commutes daily to the duty station…
- Military spouses can receive firearms: benefit, medium. If enacted, spouses of Armed Forces members would be allowed to receive firearms and ammunition at the member’s duty station, including duty stations located outside the United States. The bill would add spouses to the existing statutory authorization that already covers service members. This chang…

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- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-s-961 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/961)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-5025: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5025)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-961 (as of 2026-08-11).