End Gun Violence Act of 2025 (Violent Misdemeanor Firearms Prohibition)
Current understanding
The End Gun Violence Act of 2025 would expand the categories of persons prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition under federal law to include individuals convicted of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years. This builds on the existing framework of federal prohibited-person categories (felons, domestic-violence misdemeanants, adjudicated mental defectives, etc.) without creating new enforcement mechanisms. Status: introduced.
Evidence log
- 2025-04-03 — End Gun Violence Act of 2025: cross-connection with domestic-violence-stalking-survivor-protections: Both address firearms restrictions tied to misdemeanor-level violent conduct; the End Gun Violence Act broadens the misdemeanor-based prohibition beyond the domestic-violence category historically covered by the Lautenberg Amendment. (novelty: 2)