HB6035, titled the "Second Amendment Restoration Act of 2025," would repeal the firearm-related provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA). The bill states that Congress finds the Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms and that the BSCA’s firearm provisions place unnecessary burdens on that right without demonstrable public-safety benefits. Its stated purpose is to restore constitutional protections and shift federal attention toward the root causes of violence.
The bill would repeal Title II of Division A of the BSCA and Subtitle D of Title III of Division A of that law, and then restore prior versions of several amended federal statutes. Those statutes include provisions in Title 18 of the U.S. Code, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It would also remove language in a BSCA supplemental appropriations provision that funded state assistance for expanding juvenile records used in firearm background-check disqualifications. In practical terms, the bill would unwind federal gun-policy changes enacted in 2022 and return the affected laws to their pre-BSCA form.
Because the bill is a repeal measure, its impact would be to reduce or eliminate federal firearm-related requirements and programs created by the BSCA, including provisions tied to background-check-related records and certain education-law amendments. It would affect federal criminal law, law-enforcement information sharing, and related grant funding, while also changing how juvenile records are supported for use in firearm disqualification determinations. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Judiciary Committee and the Education and Workforce Committee, but no votes or committee actions are provided in the available record.
The overall sentiment reflected in the bill text is strongly supportive of gun rights and skeptical of federal gun regulation. The findings frame the BSCA’s firearm provisions as burdensome and ineffective, and the bill’s title and structure emphasize restoration of Second Amendment protections. No opposing committee testimony or recorded votes are available here, so there is no documented bipartisan or negotiated sentiment in the provided materials.
The main point of contention is likely to be the balance between gun rights and gun-safety policy. Supporters would view the bill as restoring constitutional rights and limiting federal overreach, while critics would likely argue that repealing BSCA firearm provisions would weaken background-check enforcement, information-sharing, and other public-safety measures. The bill also touches on juvenile records and federal funding, which could raise concerns among law-enforcement and education stakeholders about the loss of support for records reporting and related safety infrastructure.
Impact
HB6035 would repeal major firearm-related provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and restore prior law in several federal statutes, including Title 18, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It would also eliminate BSCA-related funding language for state assistance in expanding juvenile records used in firearm disqualification checks, thereby reducing federal support for those records-related efforts and reversing the legal changes made by the 2022 law.
Sentiment
The bill is framed in strongly pro-Second Amendment terms and expresses clear opposition to the firearm-related provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Its findings characterize those provisions as unnecessary burdens on lawful gun ownership and as lacking public-safety benefits. No votes or committee debate are available in the record, so the only discernible sentiment is the sponsor-side, repeal-oriented position reflected in the text itself.
Contention
The central contention is between gun-rights advocates who favor repealing BSCA firearm provisions and gun-safety supporters who would likely defend those provisions as modest federal measures aimed at improving background checks, records reporting, and public safety. Additional likely points of dispute include the repeal of juvenile-records funding, the rollback of amendments to federal criminal and law-enforcement statutes, and whether returning to pre-BSCA law would weaken existing safeguards.