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This bill would give military spouses the same federal gun rights as active duty service members when they are stationed away from home. It would update federal firearms law so that a spouse can receive firearms or ammunition at a duty station under the same rules that already apply to the service member. It would also say that, for federal gun laws, a military spouse can be treated as a resident of the same places as the service member, which can matter when buying or receiving firearms. The changes would take effect six months after the bill becomes law.
- It adds military spouses to the existing rule that allows service members to receive firearms and ammunition at their duty station, including outside the United States.
- It says a spouse of an active duty member counts as a resident of the same places as the service member for federal firearms laws.
- That residency rule includes the state where the service member or spouse legally lives, the state where the permanent duty station is located, and the state where the service member lives while commuting to work each day.
- The new rules would start six months after the bill is enacted.
Official Summaries
Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
This 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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2070 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2070
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a
member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the
same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any
duty station of the member.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 2025
Mr. Murphy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that a
member of the Armed Forces and the spouse of that member shall have the
same rights regarding the receipt of firearms at the location of any
duty station of the member.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Protect Our Military Families' 2nd
Amendment Rights Act''.
SEC. 2. RECEIPT OF FIREARM OR AMMUNITION BY SPOUSE OF MEMBER OF THE
ARMED FORCES AT A DUTY STATION OF THE MEMBER OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES.
Section 925(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or to the spouse of such a member''
before ``or to'';
(2) by striking ``members,'' and inserting ``members and
spouses,'';
(3) by striking ``members or'' and inserting ``members,
spouses, or''; and
(4) by striking ``member or'' and inserting ``member,
spouse, or''.
SEC. 3. RESIDENCY OF SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO BE
DETERMINED ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE RESIDENCY OF SUCH
MEMBERS FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS.
Section 921(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
``(b) For purposes of this chapter, a member of the Armed Forces on
active duty, or a spouse of such a member, is a resident of--
``(1) the State in which the member or spouse maintains
legal residence;
``(2) the State in which the permanent duty station of the
member is located; and
``(3) the State in which the member maintains a place of
abode from which the member commutes each day to the permanent
duty station of the member.''.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to conduct engaged in
after the 6-month period that begins with the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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