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National Constitutional Carry Act (Second Amendment / Firearms)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2025-03-27 — SHORT Act: SHORT Act (HR2395, 119th Congress) introduced and referred to House Ways and Means and Judiciary — would remove short-barreled rifles from NFA coverage; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as an NFA-scope reduction rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2025-01-09 — Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025 introduced as a related reciprocity proposal that would require states allowing concealed carry by their own residents to recognize valid out-of-state permits (or home-state carry eligibility) for visitors who may lawfully possess a firearm; noted here as an incremental reintroduction of prior Congresses’ reciprocity approach alongside the broader national constitutional carry framework. (novelty: 2)
2025-03-27 — Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025: Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act of 2025 introduced as a separate firearms-related bill that would preempt state and local excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, and parts sold by manufacturers or dealers; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a tax-preemption approach rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2025-10-31 — Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act: cross-connection with firearm-access-during-shutdowns: Both frame uninterrupted firearms access as a Second Amendment concern, though this bill addresses shutdown continuity rather than carry rights. (novelty: 3)
2025-01-15 — Hearing Protection Act: Hearing Protection Act (HR404, 119th Congress) introduced to remove firearm suppressors from NFA coverage — noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as an NFA-scope reduction rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-16 — To authorize possession of a firearm in certain units and facilities of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with firearm-possession-federal-facilities: Both proposals expand where lawful firearm possession is permitted; HR9719 targets specific federal facilities while national constitutional carry addresses interstate concealed-carry recognition. (novelty: 2)
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 House Judiciary; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as an owner-licensing and record-of-sale proposal moving in the opposite regulatory direction from carry preemption. (novelty: 2)
2025-03-11 — Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025: Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025 introduced as a separate firearms-related bill that would bar VA-to-NICS reporting of veterans and beneficiaries solely on the basis of a fiduciary appointment, requiring a judicial dangerousness finding; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as an eligibility-threshold reform rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-25 — Wolford v. Lopez: Supreme Court decision in Wolford v. Lopez struck down Hawaii’s default-prohibition on concealed carry on private property open to the public under the Bruen historical-analogue framework; noted here for cross-reference as a judicial development that narrows the space for state-law restrictions on licensed carry, adjacent to (though not equivalent to) the legislative preemption approach in HR645. (novelty: 4)
2026-02-26 — Tribal Police Department Parity Act: Tribal Police Department Parity Act (S3945) introduced to extend NFA transfer-tax exemptions and GCA interstate-shipment and machine-gun prohibitions exemptions to Indian tribes and their law enforcement agencies; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a governmental-parity expansion rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-02-26 — Tribal Firearm Access Act: Tribal Firearm Access Act (S3946) introduced to allow tribal ID documents as valid identification for firearms purchases from FFLs; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as an identification-framework expansion rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2026-03-24 — Unserialized Firearm Harm Oversight and Serialization Act of 2026: Unserialized Firearm Harm Oversight and Serialization Act of 2026 (HR8059) introduced and referred to House Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees; moves in the opposite regulatory direction from carry preemption by proposing federal serialization requirements for ghost guns, noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-06 — Revising Machine Gun Definition in Response to Supreme Court Decision: ATF final rule amends the definition of ‘machine gun’ to remove bump-stock-type devices, conforming regulations to Garland v. Cargill (2024); noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a court-mandated administrative rollback rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-06 — Removing Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached “Stabilizing Braces”: ATF proposed rule to rescind the 2023 stabilizing braces factoring criteria (following court invalidation under the APA) noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a separate administrative rollback rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2025-04-09 — GOSAFE Act: GOSAFE Act introduced as a separate firearms bill moving in the opposite regulatory direction — creating a federal prohibition on gas-operated semiautomatic firearms and large-capacity magazines with a Byrne JAG-funded buyback — noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 3)
2026-06-24 — Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2026: Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act (S4921, 119th Congress) introduced and referred to Senate Judiciary; moves in the opposite regulatory direction from constitutional carry preemption by proposing federal owner licensing and a record-of-sale system, noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-08 — Joint Registration for Spouses Under the National Firearms Act: ATF proposed rule would allow spouses to file joint NFA applications with co-equal registration rights and exempt inter-spousal transfers from separate transfer applications; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a separate administrative action rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 3)
2026-05-08 — Interstate Transport and Temporary Export of National Firearms Act Firearms: ATF proposed rule on NFA interstate transport and temporary export would replace pre-approval with notice-only procedures for registered NFA firearms; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy as a separate administrative action rather than carry preemption legislation. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-23 — Juvenile Firearms Safety Act of 2026: Juvenile Firearms Safety Act of 2026 (HR9399) introduced as a separate firearms-related bill focused on juvenile safety measures rather than carry preemption; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 2)
2025-02-04 — Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025: Stop Arming Cartels Act of 2025 introduced as a separate firearms bill moving in the opposite regulatory direction—expanding NFA coverage to .50 caliber rifles and restricting sales to Kingpin Act designees—noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 3)
2025-03-03 — Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025: Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act of 2025 introduced as a separate firearms-related bill focused on criminal penalties for FFL theft rather than carry preemption; noted here for cross-reference within firearms policy. (novelty: 2)