Military families who get reassigned to a new duty station often run into a problem: the service member's spouse may not legally be considered a resident of the new state, which can block them from buying a firearm there. This bill fixes that by treating military spouses the same as the service member for residency purposes under federal firearms law. That means a spouse could buy a gun at the member's duty station, their state of legal residence, or the state they commute from — just like the service member already can.
Congressional Summary
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights ActThis bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms 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.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-03-11
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06