Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act

Current understanding

Senate Bill S4921 (119th Congress) would establish a federal firearm owner licensing regime and a federal record-of-sale system for firearm transactions. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee and has not advanced further. If enacted, it would create new federal prerequisites for firearm ownership and transfer that would apply to individual gun owners and dealers nationwide; supporters frame licensing and sale records as public-safety measures, while opponents raise Second Amendment, privacy, and federalism concerns.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-30 — Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026: House companion HR9548 (Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026) referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary, proposing federal firearm owner licensing and a national record-of-sale system; a routine procedural referral of a recurring bill paralleling the Senate version (S4921). (novelty: 2)
• 2025-04-09 — GOSAFE Act: cross-connection with gosafe-act: Complementary regulatory approaches — Blair Holt would impose federal owner licensing and a record-of-sale system, while GOSAFE would ban possession of a specific firearm category outright with a buyback option. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-24 — Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026: cross-connection with national-constitutional-carry-act: Contrasting federal firearms policy proposals in the 119th Congress: Blair Holt would impose federal licensing and sale records on owners, while National Constitutional Carry would preempt state carry restrictions. (novelty: 2)

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