CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Thomas Massie (R-KY)

Safe Students Act

H.R. 5066 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 13 Republican cosponsors · See all 13 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 "Safe Students Act," aims to repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990. It seeks to strike subsection (q) from section 922 of title 18 of the United States Code. The legislation also includes related amendments to strike specific paragraphs from section 921(a) and section 924(a). Finally, the act mandates the full repeal of the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990.

Yes

  • Scored +9

    Would gun owners be better off under this?

    The bill benefits gun owners by removing federal criminal penalties associated with possessing firearms in school zones.

  • Scored +8

    Does this protect the right to own guns?

    The bill expands second amendment rights by repealing specific federal prohibitions on carrying firearms in school zones.

The opposite

  • Scored -10

    Does this put more limits on buying or owning guns?

    The bill repeals the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, which removes firearm restrictions near schools.

  • Scored -5

    Would children be better off under this?

    The repeal of school zone firearm restrictions may reduce the specialized legal protections currently intended to keep firearms away from children in schools.