WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13) reintroduced the No User Fees for Gun Owners Act. This legislation would prohibit any state or local government from requiring insurance, taxes, user fees, or similar burdensome charges as a condition for the continued ownership of firearms, pistols, or revolvers.
“The radical Left has been trying to chip away at our Constitutional rights for years, particularly the right to bear arms,” said Rep. Ronny Jackson. “The Founding Fathers included the Second Amendment to ensure citizens could defend themselves. That's why I'm reintroducing the No User Fees for Gun Owners Act, to stop liberal Democrat state and local governments from forcing gun owners to pay additional insurance or taxes meant to limit gun ownership and make it too costly for the average American to exercise their Second Amendment right. Under President Trump’s leadership and a Republican controlled Congress, we have a chance to return to our country’s founding principles and protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights for generations to come.”
The bill text can be found here.
Background
In 2022, San Jose passed a law that infringes on gun owners’ Second Amendment rights by forcing them to pay an annual fee and purchase liability insurance to cover damages from accidental or negligent use of their firearms. Representative Jackson’s No User Fees for Gun Owners Act would prevent San Jose, and other Blue cities, from imposing these burdensome and unconstitutional policies, protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners nationwide.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has endorsed this bill.
Cosponsors include Reps. Brian Babin (TX-36), Don Bacon (NE-02), Sheri Biggs (SC-03), Lauren Boebert (CO-04), Buddy Carter (GA-01), Ben Cline (VA-06), Mike Collins (GA-10), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Monica De La Cruz (TX-15), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Troy Downing (MT-02), Chuck Edwards (NC-11), Jake Ellzey (TX-06), Pat Fallon (TX-04), Randy Feenstra (IA-04), Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Lance Gooden (TX-05), Paul Gosar (AZ-09), Mike Haridopolos (FL-08), Richard Hudson (NC-09), Darrell Issa (CA-48), Doug LaMalfa (CA-01), Mary Miller (IL-15), John Moolenaar (MI-02), Barry Moore (AL-01), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), August Pfluger (TX-11), John Rose (TN-06), Michael Rulli (OH-06), Austin Scott (GA-08), Pete Sessions (TX-17), Adrian Smith (NE-03), Elise Stefanik (NY-21), Greg Steube (FL-17), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Beth Van Duyne (TX-24), Randy Weber (TX-14), and Joe Wilson (SC-02).
