CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Lucy McBath (D-GA)

Assault Weapons Ban of 2025

H.R. 3115 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Democratic bill with 195 Democratic cosponsors · See all 195 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, titled the Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, seeks to regulate and restrict specific firearms and feeding devices. It establishes new federal definitions for semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. The legislation makes it unlawful to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess these defined items, with certain exceptions. It also sets secure storage requirements for previously owned weapons and establishes background check rules for transferring grandfathered items. Additionally, the bill allows the use of specific grant funds for buy-back programs for the restricted items.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this put more limits on buying or owning guns?

    The bill significantly expands gun control by regulating the transfer of grandfathered semiautomatic weapons and authorizing buy-back programs.

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill increases federal authority by regulating the transfer of firearms and managing buy-back programs through federal grants.

The opposite

  • Scored -8

    Would gun owners be better off under this?

    The bill imposes strict new restrictions on the transfer and possession of many currently owned semiautomatic firearms.

  • Scored -7

    Does this protect the right to own guns?

    The bill restricts the ownership, transfer of existing weapons, and funds buy-back programs, which negatively impacts current owners' rights.

  • Scored -4

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    Firearm manufacturers and retailers face economic loss due to restrictions and buy-back provisions.