Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3254
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Business records
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Crime victims
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Due process and equal protection
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Mental health
Personnel records
Product safety and quality
Religion
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: 

Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2020

 
This bill makes various changes to the federal framework governing the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms and ammunition. Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
generally requires individuals to obtain a license to purchase, acquire, or possess a firearm or ammunition; 
 
raises the minimum age&#8212;from 18 years to 21 years&#8212;to purchase firearms and ammunition; 
 
establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties; 
 
 requires law enforcement agencies to be notified following a firearms-related background check that results in a denial; 
 
creates a statutory process for a family or household member to petition a court for an extreme risk protection order to remove firearms from an individual who poses a risk of committing violence; 
 
restricts the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices; 
 
restricts the manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, or receipt of ghost guns (i.e., guns without serial numbers); 
 
makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; 
 
requires federally licensed gun dealers to submit and annually certify compliance with a security plan to detect and deter firearm theft; 
 
removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers; 
 
allows the Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue safety standards for firearms and firearm components; 
 
establishes a community violence intervention grant program; and
 
promotes research on firearms safety and gun violence prevention.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate