Every gun sale now comes with a lock—sellers must stock them.
H.R. 4152 — Safe Storage Saves Lives Act · Filed by Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · 39 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 26, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires that every firearm sold in the United States come with a compatible gun lock, and makes it illegal to sell a firearm without offering a compatible lock for sale alongside it. Buyers benefit by receiving a lock with their purchase; sellers must stock compatible locks for every firearm they offer. The bill expands an existing lock requirement from handguns to all firearms and clarifies what counts as a 'secure gun storage device.'
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a straightforward mandate requiring gun locks to accompany firearm sales. It is a safety regulation, not a tax, subsidy, or deregulation—it imposes a requirement on sellers to benefit public safety.
What the text implies
- Expands lock requirement to all firearms (not just handguns), potentially increasing compliance costs for sellers of rifles, shotguns, and other long guns.
- Civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation applies to non-licensed sellers; enforcement burden falls on Attorney General, which may affect prosecution priorities.
- Sense-of-Congress provision directs fine revenue to lock distribution or awareness campaigns, but is non-binding and depends on future appropriations.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Ordinary citizens gain access to gun locks at point of purchase (reducing accidental discharge, child access, and theft risk), while sellers face a modest compliance cost (stocking compatible locks). The public-health benefit of widespread lock availability outweighs the seller burden.
Who stands to gain
- gun lock manufacturers
- firearm retailers (if lock sales offset compliance costs)
Named in the bill
Attorney General, licensed firearms importers, licensed firearms manufacturers, licensed firearms dealers, firearm retailers (unlicensed), 18 U.S.C. § 922(z), 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(34)(C), 18 U.S.C. § 924(p)
Where it stands
39 cosponsors: 39 Democrats.
- Jun 26, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 26, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 4 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $509,548 in lobbying spend. A filing names 88 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
Rashida Tlaib, the sponsor, reported $42,050 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association for Gun Rights — $429,548 on 2 filings
- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence — $80,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 22, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,460 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 22, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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