HR3115119th CongressWALLET

Assault Weapons Ban of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]

Introduced

Summary

Ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. This bill would prohibit importing, selling, manufacturing, transferring, or possessing many defined semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices while listing specific exemptions for certain users and models.

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  • Families and households: Requires secure storage or approved safety devices for ‘‘grandfathered’’ weapons and magazines so prohibited individuals cannot access them. Owners must store or control these firearms to prevent ready use by people barred from possession.
  • Owners, dealers, and manufacturers: Would require serial numbers and manufacture dates on covered weapons and magazines made after enactment and would route most private transfers through a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer. The transfer rule for grandfathered weapons takes effect 90 days after enactment.
  • Public safety and programs: Creates an Attorney General-maintained record of semiautomatic assault weapons used in crimes and expands seizure, forfeiture, and penalties. It exempts federal, state, and certain campus law enforcement and many listed models in Appendix A, and authorizes Byrne grant funding to compensate surrendered weapons through buy-back programs.

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Rules for selling or gifting guns

If enacted, starting 90 days after enactment you generally could not transfer a grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon to another unlicensed person unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer first takes custody. The licensee must complete federal dealer transfer requirements (including background checks and dealer recordkeeping) when taking custody. Temporary transfers for target shooting at a licensed range would be allowed only if the gun stays on the range and the transferee is not known to be prohibited. The bill would also require grandfathered items to be stored or secured so that people legally barred from possessing firearms cannot access them unless carried or locked away from their reach.

Stronger penalties and seizure powers

If enacted, the bill would make violations of the new assault‑weapon and magazine prohibitions subject to existing federal criminal penalties and expand seizure and forfeiture authority to include large‑capacity ammunition feeding devices. Prosecutors and law enforcement would be able to use the referenced penalties and forfeiture tools for unlawful manufacture, transfer, possession, or importation under the new rules.

Which guns and magazines are covered

If enacted, the bill would add detailed definitions that decide which semiautomatic rifles, pistols, shotguns, and magazines the ban covers. Many guns would be covered if they combine listed features (for example, detachable magazines plus pistol grips, folding stocks, barrel shrouds, or stabilizing braces). Large‑capacity magazines would be covered if they hold, or can be restored to hold, more than 15 rounds (with a separate threshold for some shotguns). The bill would also define which weapons are "grandfathered" — those lawfully possessed on the date of enactment would remain exempt from the categorical ban but would be subject to other special rules.

Payments for surrendered weapons

If enacted, Byrne formula grant recipients could use grant funds to pay people who surrender semiautomatic assault weapons and large‑capacity magazines in buy‑back programs. The bill authorizes state and local programs to use Byrne grant money for compensation but does not set how much each surrendered item would be worth. Actual payment amounts and program rules would depend on grant allocations and later program designs.

Marking rules for newly made items

If enacted, any covered semiautomatic assault weapon or large‑capacity device manufactured after enactment would have to show a serial number and the date of manufacture engraved or cast on the item. The Attorney General could require additional identifying marks by regulation. This rule applies only to items made after the law takes effect and would increase manufacturer/importer record and marking duties.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]

GA • D

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