Risch, Hyde-Smith Introduce GRIP Act to Block State Gun Registries

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced the Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection (GRIP) Act to prohibit states from using federal funding or background check data to maintain gun registries.

"Idaho's law-abiding gun owners should not be subject to illegal firearms registries," said Risch. "The GRIP Act closes the loophole exploited by state and local governments to ensure federal dollars are not used to keep illegal gun registries that undermine Idahoans' Second Amendment rights."

"The Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens remain imperiled as Democrats and anti-gun activists lean into government overreach. The GRIP Actis needed to clarify that states and localities cannot use federal funds or data to keep gun registries that can lead to infringing on a constitutional right," said Hyde-Smith.

The legislation is co-sponsored by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).

Current law already prohibits the federal government from maintaining a national firearms registry using information obtained through firearms background checks. The GRIP Act would strengthen these protections by ensuring state and local governments cannot use federal funds to collect or store personally identifiable information related to legal firearm purchases and ownership.

The GRIP Act is supported by the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

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