No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

Senate Bill

S. 119

119th Congress

No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act

In Committee

Introduced:Jan 16, 2025

Primary Sponsor

James Risch

R - ID

Cosponsors

8

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary

This Senate bill removes the requirement for gun dealers going out of business to transfer their transaction records to ATF and requires ATF to destroy all previously collected out-of-business records. The legislation addresses Second Amendment advocates concerns that ATF accumulation of these records constitutes a de facto firearm registry prohibited by federal law.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This Senate bill removes the requirement for gun dealers going out of business to transfer their transaction records to ATF and requires ATF to destroy all previously collected out-of-business records. The legislation addresses Second Amendment advocates concerns that ATF accumulation of these records constitutes a de facto firearm registry prohibited by federal law.

Last updated: 1/4/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights ActThis bill modifies the retention requirements for firearm transaction records of federal firearms licensees (FFLs) that go out of business.Current law generally requires FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).This bill removes the requirement for FFLs that go out of business to deliver their firearm transaction records to the ATF. Further, the bill requires the ATF to destroy all out-of-business records it has collected from FFLs.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Removes record transfer requirement for closing gun dealers
Mandates ATF destruction of existing out-of-business records
Senate companion to H.R. 563
Addresses concerns about de facto gun registry
Affects firearm tracing capabilities

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This Senate version mirrors the House bill eliminating ATF retention of gun dealer records. These records are used to trace firearms recovered at crime scenes. Proponents argue the records create an illegal registry of gun owners. Law enforcement contends the records are essential investigative tools that do not function as a registry since they are not systematically searchable.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Subjects

Congressional oversight

Firearms and explosives

Government information and archives

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

119, 119th Congress (2025). "No Retaining Every Gun In a System That Restricts Your Rights Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-119