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HR 226 114th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Assault and harassment offenses Drug trafficking and controlled substances Firearms and explosives Violent crime

Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act

Introduced: January 8, 2015 Introduced by: Kelly, Robin L. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Feb 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jan 8, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 8, 2015
Introduced in House
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Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act

Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person: (1) has been convicted of a crime of violence in the previous 10 years; (2) is under age 25 and has been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; (3) has been convicted on 2 separate occasions in any period of 3 consecutive years in the last 10 of an offense that has the possession or distribution of alcohol or a controlled substance as an element; or (4) has been convicted of stalking.

Prohibits any such person from: (1) shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or (2) receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.

What's happening now February 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 226: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-226/
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