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Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act or the SAFER Voter Act
This bill reduces the minimum age—from 21 years to 18 years—at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.
People & committees
Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] · R–KY
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill proposes removing the special under-21 restriction in rules for federal firearms licensees—people or businesses with a federal firearms license—concerning firearms other than shotguns or rifles, and ammunition for those firearms. The restriction concerns individuals the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe are under 21. The bill would also delete related age-statement wording. The remaining statutory language is not supplied, so this text alone does not establish all age limits or other requirements that would remain.
2. Minimum age for obtaining a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee (a) In general Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking , and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than twenty-one years of age.
(b) Conforming amendment Section 922(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking , in the case of any firearm other than a shotgun or a rifle, I am twenty-one years or more of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a rifle,.
Section 1 gives the proposal the short titles “Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act” and “SAFER Voter Act.”
This Act may be cited as the Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act or the SAFER Voter Act.
Section 2(a) would delete language from 18 U.S.C. 922(b)(1) concerning firearms other than shotguns or rifles, and ammunition other than shotgun or rifle ammunition. The deleted restriction applies when the federal firearms licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe the individual is under 21.
(a) In general Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking , and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than twenty-one years of age.
Section 2(b) would make a matching change to 18 U.S.C. 922(c)(1), deleting the statement that the person is at least 21 for a firearm other than a shotgun or rifle, along with wording that distinguishes shotguns and rifles.
(b) Conforming amendment Section 922(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking , in the case of any firearm other than a shotgun or a rifle, I am twenty-one years or more of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a rifle,.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated April 3, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 27, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-04-03T19:47:45Z. 2025-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-27: Introduced in House
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