Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
Key claim: HR1272 would require federal firearm licensees to provide secure storage information and a broader selection of storage devices at point of sale, and would create a new nonrefundable tax credit of up to $500 for qualified gun safe purchases.
Abstract
(HR1272 · 119th Congress) Secure Storage Information Act of 2025 This bill requires federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm and to make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices. (Exceptions apply.) The bill also establishes a new tax credit for the purchase of a qualified gun safe. Specifically, under the bill, FFLs must provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to any person (other than another FFL), including information related to storing firearms unloaded, out of the reach of children, and separately from ammunition; securing firearms with a locking device; the importance of securely storing firearms and the risks of unsecured firearms; and guidance on storage devices. The bill also requires that FFLs make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices (including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trigger locks) at any place where firearms are sold to a person who is not a FFL (Under current law, FFLs that sell firearms to non-licensees must make available for purchase compatible secure gun storage or safety devices.) Finally, under the bill, an individual may claim a nonrefundable tax credit in the amount of up to $500 (lifetime limit) for expenses paid or incurred for a new safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device for securely storing firearms. Latest action (2025-02-12): Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why this matters
Secure-storage requirements sit at the intersection of Second Amendment access and civil-rights-adjacent public safety concerns, affecting gun purchasers, families with children, and populations at elevated risk from unsecured firearms (including domestic violence survivors and people in mental health crisis). The bill’s practical effect on affected groups is modest — added information at purchase and a capped tax credit — but it illustrates a policy approach that seeks to influence storage behavior through disclosure and subsidy rather than mandates. Debate typically centers on whether such measures meaningfully reduce firearm injury and theft without burdening lawful purchasers.