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Executive Order 14206 of February 7, 2025 

Protecting Second Amendment Rights 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: 

Section 1. Purpose. The Second Amendment is an indispensable safeguard 

of security and liberty. It has preserved the right of the American people 

to protect ourselves, our families, and our freedoms since the founding 

of our great Nation. Because it is foundational to maintaining all other 

rights held by Americans, the right to keep and bear arms must not be 

infringed. 

Sec. 2. Plan of Action. (a) Within 30 days of the date of this order, the 

Attorney General shall examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies 

(agencies) to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment 

rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President, 

through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment 

rights of all Americans. 

(b) In developing such proposed plan of action, the Attorney General 

shall review, at a minimum: 

(i) All Presidential and agencies’ actions from January 2021 through January 

2025 that purport to promote safety but may have impinged on the Second 

Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens; 

(ii) Rules promulgated by the Department of Justice, including by the 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, from January 2021 

through January 2025 pertaining to firearms and/or Federal firearms licensees; 

(iii) Agencies’ plans, orders, and actions regarding the so-called ‘‘enhanced 

regulatory enforcement policy’’ pertaining to firearms and/or Federal firearms licensees; 

(iv) Reports and related documents issued by the White House Office 

of Gun Violence Prevention; 

(v) The positions taken by the United States in any and all ongoing 

and potential litigation that affects or could affect the ability of Americans 

to exercise their Second Amendment rights; 

(vi) Agencies’ classifications of firearms and ammunition; and 

(vii) The processing of applications to make, manufacture, transfer, or 

export firearms. 

Sec. 3. Implementation. Upon submission of the proposed plan of action 

described in section 2 of this order, the Attorney General shall work with 

the Domestic Policy Advisor to finalize the plan of action and establish 

a process for implementation. 

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed 

to impair or otherwise affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department, agency, or 

the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 


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(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 7, 2025. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02636 

Filed 2–11–25; 11:15 am] 

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