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Federal · 119th Congress
HR4676Modern Firearm Safety Act
Direction
Firearmspreemption sanctuaryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Prohibits state and local governments from enforcing or imposing handgun design requirements (such as loaded indicators, magazine-disconnect safeties, microstamping, or related capabilities) beyond federal statutes, so more ability to buy and own standard handguns without added restrictions.
A department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State or political subdivision of a State, may not implement or enforce any provision of law or regulation that requires or has the effect of requiring, or promulgate any provision of regulation that would require or have the effect of requiring, a handgun that is in, or has been shipped or transported in, interstate or foreign commerce to incorporate any design feature, functionality, safety mechanism, or performance standard that is not required by Federal statute as a condition for the lawful manufacture, sale, or
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Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 85%
Prohibits state and local governments from enforcing or imposing handgun design requirements (such as loaded indicators, magazine-disconnect safeties, microstamping, or related capabilities) beyond federal statutes, so more ability to buy and own standard handguns without added restrictions.
including-- ``(1) a device that indicates whether the handgun is loaded; ``(2) a mechanism that prevents a handgun from being fired if an ammunition magazine is not fully inserted into the handgun; ``(3) the capability of imprinting the cartridge casing or projectile of ammunition fired from the handgun with characters meant to identify the handgun from which the ammunition is fired; ``(4) any device, mechanism, or technology that-- ``(A) is designed or intended to perform any function described in the preceding provisions of this section; or ``(B) may be readily converted to be capable of
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Introduced (completed)
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2025-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new subsection to 18 USC 927 that expressly preempts and prohibits any state or local law or regulation requiring handguns in interstate commerce to have specific safety or design features (loaded-chamber indicator, magazine-disconnect safety, microstamping, or convertible equivalents) unless those features are already mandated by federal statute. This removes existing or potential state-level restrictions on handgun design and manufacture/sale, expanding the ability to buy, own, and sell standard-configuration firearms. No provisions address background checks, carry, red-flag,
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