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Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
3/13/2025, 3:23 PM
Summary of Bill HR 1272
Additionally, the bill proposes the creation of a gun safe credit within the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This credit would provide financial incentives for individuals to purchase and use gun safes for storing their firearms. By encouraging the use of gun safes, the bill seeks to further enhance the safety and security of firearms in households across the country.
Overall, the Secure Firearms Storage Act aims to address the issue of gun safety by promoting responsible storage practices among firearm owners. The bill does not take a partisan stance and focuses on practical measures to reduce the risk of accidents and unauthorized access to firearms.
Congressional Summary of HR 1272
Secure Storage Information Act of 2025
This bill requires federal firearm licensees (FFLs) to provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm and to make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices. (Exceptions apply.) The bill also establishes a new tax credit for the purchase of a qualified gun safe.
Specifically, under the bill, FFLs must provide information about the secure storage of firearms upon the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to any person (other than another FFL), including information related to
- storing firearms unloaded, out of the reach of children, and separately from ammunition;
- securing firearms with a locking device;
- the importance of securely storing firearms and the risks of unsecured firearms; and
- guidance on storage devices.
The bill also requires that FFLs make available for purchase a variety of secure gun storage or safety devices (including full-size gun safes, lock boxes and lockers, gun cases, or cable and trigger locks) at any place where firearms are sold to a person who is not a FFL (Under current law, FFLs that sell firearms to non-licensees must make available for purchase compatible secure gun storage or safety devices.)
Finally, under the bill, an individual may claim a nonrefundable tax credit in the amount of up to $500 (lifetime limit) for expenses paid or incurred for a new safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device for securely storing firearms.
