In committee
Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2025
This bill makes it illegal for civilians to manufacture, sell, transfer, or own bump stocks and other devices that materially increase a semiautomatic firearm's rate of fire. Current owners of firearms modified with these rapid-fire devices must register them with the federal government within 120 days of enactment to legally keep them. The restrictions do not apply to federal, state, or tribal law enforcement and government agencies.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill applies nationwide to owners, manufacturers, importers, and dealers of bump stocks, rapid-fire trigger devices, and modified firearms, but no population counts are specified.
Fiscal magnitude—no CBO estimate published
Reach52provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Sentencing & corrections−35Firearms+60
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Federal, state, and tribal government agencies and law enforcementExempted from prohibitions on importing, manufacturing, selling, transferring, or possessing rapid-fire devices and modified semiautomatic firearms (Sec. 2(a)(2)).
Who it burdens
- Firearm and accessory manufacturers, importers, and dealersProhibits them from importing, manufacturing, selling, or transferring bump stocks, rapid-fire trigger devices, and modified semiautomatic firearms in interstate or foreign commerce (Sec. 2(a)(2)).
- Owners of modified rapid-fire semiautomatic firearmsRequires them to register their modified firearms with the federal government under the National Firearms Act within 120 days and subjects them to NFA tax and transfer regulations (Sec. 2(a)(2), Sec. 2(b)).
- Individuals possessing bump stocks or rapid-fire trigger devicesProhibits the possession, transfer, or receipt of bump stocks and rapid-fire trigger devices starting 120 days after enactment, facing criminal penalties of fines and up to 10 years in prison for unauthorized possession (Sec. 2(a)(2), Sec. 2(a)(3)).