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A proposed bill in New York (A360) for 2025 seeks to add significant requirements for purchasing firearms, shotguns, or rifles. These include obtaining a hunting license, completing a five-hour gun safety course and exam, passing a shooting range test with 90% accuracy, providing notarized proof of a passed drug test and mental health evaluation, showing proof of purchase for safe storage depositories, and passing a criminal background check. Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A360Read More →

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New Hampshire will see new laws in 2025 that prevent employers from prohibiting employees from storing firearms in locked vehicles and enhance privacy protections for gun owners. Kentucky similarly increased privacy protections by prohibiting the use of merchant category codes for firearms dealers. Source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-gun-laws-2025-a-state-by-state-overview/Read More →

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Maryland has proposed bills for its 2025 legislative session that include altering penalties for carrying a handgun without a permit, requiring the distribution of firearm-related literature, and phasing in a ban on lead-based ammunition for hunting by 2029. Other proposals aim to allow civil lawsuits against the firearms industry and increase penalties for unsafe firearm storage around minors. Source: https://www.2amaryland.org/2025-legislative-session-preview/Read More →

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Colorado is implementing new requirements for gun owners, mandating that firearms stored in unoccupied vehicles be kept in locked, out-of-view, hard-sided containers. The state is also increasing training requirements for concealed carry permits. Source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/us-gun-laws-2025-a-state-by-state-overview/Read More →

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California is enacting several new laws in 2025, including stricter limitations on handgun purchases, mandatory consumer warnings for firearm sales, and new guidelines for courts when considering gun violence-related restraining orders. The state is also establishing an Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Source: https://www.ca.gov/news/archive/2025/01/01/new-gun-laws-take-effect-in-california/ Source: https://www.ca.gov/news/archive/2025/01/01/new-gun-laws-take-effect-in-california/Read More →

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The Alliance for Gun Responsibility in Washington State has a 2025 policy agenda that includes requiring a permit to purchase firearms, holding dealers accountable, supporting community safety initiatives, restricting firearms in sensitive places, and requiring safe storage of firearms. Source: https://gunresponsibility.org/our-work/policy-agenda/Read More →

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Polls consistently show majority support for gun safety reforms, including background checks, red-flag laws, and assault weapons bans, despite the administration’s stance. Source: https://aoav.org.uk/2025/us-gun-control-in-2025-a-look-ahead/Read More →

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Gun rights organizations like the NRA, GOA, and NSSF support the current administration’s approach. Conversely, gun control groups such as Giffords, Brady, and Everytown condemn these policies, warning of a reversal of progress and an exacerbation of gun violence. Everytown for Gun Safety is advocating for the 119th Congress to take action on gun safety. Source: https://aoav.org.uk/2025/us-gun-control-in-2025-a-look-ahead/ Source: https://everytown.org/Read More →

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The 119th Congress, sworn in on January 3, 2025, has a Republican majority in both the House and the Senate. Gun safety advocates are urging this Congress to prioritize gun violence prevention through measures like expanding background checks, banning assault weapons, and strengthening oversight of the firearms industry. Source: https://everytown.org/Read More →

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This policy agenda, outlined by the Heritage Foundation, aims to weaken gun laws and invalidate state gun laws, which critics argue would increase gun violence. It proposes undermining federal law enforcement efforts related to gun violence and politicizing agencies like the ATF. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/339Read More →