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SENATE 394115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Last Action
2/15/2017

Actions

  • 2017-02-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • 2017-02-15Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-15 (00)

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

This bill amends the federal criminal code to allow a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm to the spouse of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell a firearm to a member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty.)

The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the U.S. 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.

Cosponsors (11)

  • John Thune (R-SD)
  • Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
  • Mike Crapo (R-ID)
  • James Lankford (R-OK)
  • Marco Rubio (R-FL)
  • Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
  • Cory Gardner (R-CO)
  • MICHAEL ENZI (R-WY)
  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
  • Joni Ernst (R-IA)
  • Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Subjects

  • Firearms and explosives
  • Military personnel and dependents
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