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Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020

Introduced: February 5, 2020 Introduced by: Warren, Elizabeth Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020

This bill makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following:

  • generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition;
  • raises the minimum age—from 18 years to 21 years—to purchase firearms and ammunition;
  • establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties;
  • requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial;
  • creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence;
  • restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices;
  • restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers);
  • makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense;
  • requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft;
  • removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers;
  • allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components;
  • establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and
  • promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.
What's happening now February 5, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 5
  • S 506 Related bill Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019
  • S 730 Related bill Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2019
  • S 1395 Related bill Age 21 Act
  • HR 1186 Related bill Keep Americans Safe Act
  • HR 5717 Related bill Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3254: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3254/
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"S. 3254: Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3254/.
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S. 3254, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3254/.
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