Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026

House Bill

H.R. 7446

119th Congress

Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 9, 2026

Primary Sponsor

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Cosponsors

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Summary

This bill would allow local and state governments to use federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to give away gun safes to the public. Currently, these grants fund various law enforcement and criminal justice programs, and this bill would add gun safe distribution programs to the list of allowed uses.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Introduced2/9/2026

StatusReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026

This bill would allow local and state governments to use federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to give away gun safes to the public. Currently, these grants fund various law enforcement and criminal justice program

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This bill would allow local and state governments to use federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to give away gun safes to the public. Currently, these grants fund various law enforcement and criminal justice programs, and this bill would add gun safe distribution programs to the list of allowed uses.

Bill Number: 7446
Introduced: 2/9/2026
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Fact Sheet

Title: Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026
Bill Number: 7446
Sponsor: No sponsor
Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced: 2/9/2026
Summary: This bill would allow local and state governments to use federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to give away gun safes to the public. Currently, these grants fund various law enforcement and criminal justice programs, and this bill would add gun safe dist

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would allow local and state governments to use federal grant money from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to give away gun safes to the public. Currently, these grants fund various law enforcement and criminal justice programs, and this bill would add gun safe distribution programs to the list of allowed uses.

Last updated: 3/4/2026

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

The bill amends an existing federal grant program that provides funding to state and local governments for law enforcement and criminal justice purposes.
It would specifically allow grant recipients to use the money to run programs that give away gun safes to community members.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program is one of the largest sources of federal criminal justice funding for state and local governments.
Gun safes are storage devices designed to secure firearms and prevent unauthorized access, particularly by children or unauthorized users.

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would affect state and local law enforcement agencies and criminal justice programs that receive federal grant funding. It would give these agencies more flexibility in how they spend their grant money by adding gun safe distribution as an eligible expense. Community members in areas where agencies choose to implement such programs could receive free gun safes.

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Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

7446, 119th Congress (2026). "Community Firearm Safety Act of 2026". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/119-hr-7446

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