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S 3493 116th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement Firearms and explosives Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents

Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Introduced: March 12, 2020 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 12, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearm transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses.

Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. (Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.)

The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.

What's happening now March 12, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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