To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · November 14, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill expands federal firearms restrictions for people subject to domestic violence protection orders. Currently, federal law only prohibits firearm possession for those with orders involving spouses, former spouses, or cohabitants, but this legislation extends that protection to dating partners and includes emergency orders that were previously not covered. The bill requires states and tribes receiving federal grant funding to establish procedures where courts automatically issue firearm surrender orders when domestic violence protection orders are issued, requiring individuals to surrender weapons within 24 hours or face law enforcement removal and storage. The legislation also creates a new federal grant program to help states, tribes, and local governments implement these firearm removal policies and support domestic violence victim services. Research cited in the bill indicates that states with these types of expanded restrictions have experienced significant reductions in intimate partner homicides, with some seeing a 13 percent reduction in firearm-related cases.
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