H.R. 7827: Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act of 2026

The federal government owns plants that make ammunition and firearms, and some of their output reaches ordinary gun store shelves. The bill's title, the Stop Militarizing Our Streets Act, names the concern sponsors want to address: military-grade weapons and rounds moving from defense production lines into the civilian market.

The bill closes that pipeline from both ends. The Pentagon could not sell covered assault weapons or ammunition to civilian dealers, and it could not buy anything from a company that sells them to the public. Because covered ammunition means anything .22 caliber or larger, that second rule reaches most of the ammunition sold in America.

For every other gun and round, the bill sets conditions instead of a ban. A dealer — or the manufacturer supplying it — keeps Pentagon eligibility only if the dealer holds a federal license, waits for a completed background check before every sale, and keeps remotely searchable records of its firearm inventory and every ammunition sale.

Dealers in the supply chain could sell one buyer no more than 500 rounds of covered ammunition, or 1,000 rounds of other ammunition, in any 30-day period. They would also lose eligibility if the Justice Department traced more than 24 crime guns back to them in a year, where each gun was recovered less than 3 years after its retail sale.

The rules would not apply to every store in the country directly. They would apply to any dealer that wants to buy from, or sell into, a supply chain the Defense Department touches — which, for major manufacturers, covers a large share of the market.