H.R. 2650 — End Gun Violence Act of 2025

This section prohibits the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to a person convicted in any court of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years. (Thus, it expands the list of prohibited persons under current law, which already bars sales to felons, fugitives, unlawful drug users, and others.)

This section establishes a definition of "violent misdemeanor" in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a) as a misdemeanor under federal, state, tribal, or local law that has as an element (1) the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force or a deadly weapon; (2) the intent to cause physical injury; or (3) knowingly causing physical injury. Such a conviction is recognized for purposes of the firearms chapter only if the person was represented by counsel or knowingly waived counsel; for jury-eligible offenses, the case was tried by jury or the right was knowingly waived; and the conviction has not been expunged, set aside, pardoned, or had civil rights restored unless the relief expressly prohibits firearm possession.

This section makes conforming amendments to multiple firearm statutes—including 18 U.S.C. §§922(t), 923(d)(1)(B), and 925A; §103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. §40901); and §§101(b) and 102 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. §§40911(b), 40912)—to expand references to prohibitions on receipt of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g) (possession/receipt by prohibited persons, e.g., felons) to also encompass knowing sales or dispositions, or receipt, in violation of 922(d) (transfers to prohibited persons, e.g., fugitives, unlawful drug users) or 922(g). (Thus, these changes standardize background check triggers under the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), federal firearms licensing criteria, prohibited purchaser reporting, and state/mental health record submissions to cover both transfer and possession prohibitions.)