Destroy Zombie Guns Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Destroy Zombie Guns Act adds a firearm destruction rule to 18 U.S.C. 922. A person engaged in the business of destroying firearms may not destroy or help destroy a firearm that moved in interstate or foreign commerce without destroying every component of the firearm. It adds firearm destroyers to the definition of people engaged in the business: a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to destroying firearms or components as a regular trade or business to earn profit from destruction services. A violation can be punished by a fine, imprisonment for up to two years, or both, in addition to other penalties. For licensed violators, the Attorney General may suspend the license after a first violation and must immediately revoke the license for subsequent violations after notice and hearing.
Who Benefits and How
Law enforcement agencies, communities concerned about ghost-gun parts, firearm destruction customers, ATF inspectors, and public-safety advocates benefit because every component must be destroyed rather than leaving reusable frames, receivers, or parts. Legitimate destruction firms benefit from a clear standard for complete destruction.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Firearm destruction businesses, licensed firearms entities offering destruction services, recycling vendors, police property rooms, ATF compliance staff, and prosecutors must ensure all components are destroyed, document compliance, handle hearings, and face fines, imprisonment, suspension, or revocation for violations.
Key Provisions
- Requires firearm destruction businesses to destroy every component of covered firearms.
- Defines firearm destroyers as people regularly destroying firearms or components for profit.
- Provides fines, up to two years imprisonment, or both for violations.
- Authorizes license suspension for first violations and mandatory revocation for subsequent violations.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires firearm destruction businesses to destroy every component of interstate or foreign-commerce firearms they destroy, defines firearm destroyers as a business category, and adds criminal penalties plus license suspension or revocation for violations.
Key Policy Areas
Law Enforcement, Retail, Manufacturing
Primary Purpose
Requires firearm destruction businesses to destroy every component of interstate or foreign-commerce firearms they destroy, defines firearm destroyers as a business category, and adds criminal penalties plus license suspension or revocation for violations.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Law enforcement agencies
- Public safety advocates
- Firearm destruction customers
- ATF inspectors
- Legitimate destruction firms
Identified Costs
- Firearm destruction businesses
- Licensed firearms entities
- Recycling vendors
- Police property rooms
- ATF compliance staff
- Federal prosecutors
Sponsors
Maxwell Frost
D-FL | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Firearm destruction businesses, Licensed firearms entities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.
Learn more about our methodology