Assault Weapons Ban of 2025

The bill makes it a crime to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon or large-capacity ammunition feeding device, with exceptions for manually operated firearms, antique firearms, certain rimfire rifles, specific identified models, and law enforcement and military uses. People who already own these weapons before the law takes effect may keep them, but semiautomatic assault weapons can only be sold or transferred between private parties if a licensed gun dealer conducts a background check first, while large-capacity ammunition feeding devices cannot be sold or transferred at all. The bill requires newly manufactured semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices to display serial numbers and manufacturing dates. States and local governments may use federal Justice Assistance Grant funds to compensate people who voluntarily surrender these weapons or devices through buyback programs.

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