End Gun Violence Act of 2025
Key claim: The End Gun Violence Act of 2025 would extend federal firearms and ammunition sale restrictions to persons convicted of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years.
Abstract
(HR2650 · 119th Congress)
End Gun Violence Act of 2025 This bill extends federal restrictions on the sale or disposition of firearms and ammunition to a new category of persons: persons who have been convicted in any court of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years.
Latest action (2025-04-03): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why this matters
Federal prohibited-persons categories under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) determine who loses access to firearms — a civil rights consequence with due process and equal protection implications. Extending disqualification to any violent misdemeanant within a five-year window would meaningfully broaden the pool of persons barred from firearm purchases beyond the current domestic-violence-specific misdemeanor bar, affecting people who were not previously subject to lifetime or extended federal firearms disability. The proposal reflects the ongoing contested balance between Second Amendment access and public safety-driven eligibility restrictions.