Congressional Democrats have revived legislation that would effectively eliminate online ammunition sales nationwide, introducing the measure just weeks before federal courts prepare to reconsider constitutional challenges to similar state restrictions already facing judicial scrutiny.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) unveiled the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act on January 20, 2026, alongside Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD). Filed as H.R. 7166, the legislation would mandate that federally licensed ammunition dealers verify photo identification in person for every internet purchase. The proposal, which resurrects earlier Everytown-backed measures from Watson Coleman, includes an additional surveillance component requiring vendors to report any sales exceeding 1,000 rounds within five consecutive days directly to the U.S. Attorney General.
“Public safety must come before convenience for an unregulated market,” Watson Coleman declared in her statement.“Americans send us to Washington because it is our job to protect them, not mourn them.”
The legislation arrives as federal courts wrestle with precisely these questions in Rhode v. Bonta, a nearly decade-long constitutional challenge to California’s ammunition background check system. The case, supported by the National Rifle Association and California Rifle & Pistol Association, attacks the Golden State’s first in the nation point-of-sale background check regime that voters approved through Proposition 63 in 2016.
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