# Plain Language Summary: Raise the Age Act of 2025

This bill raises the age requirement for buying certain types of rifles and shotguns from 18 to 21 years old. Specifically, it prevents licensed gun dealers from selling semiautomatic rifles or shotguns that can hold more than 5 bullets to anyone under 21. The bill keeps the current 18-year-old age limit for other types of firearms like traditional shotguns and rifles. So if you're 18 to 20 years old, you can still buy a regular hunting rifle or shotgun, but you cannot buy the more powerful semiautomatic versions that hold larger amounts of ammunition.

There are two important exceptions built into the law. Active duty military members and full-time law enforcement officers can buy these weapons regardless of their age. This means a 19-year-old in the military or working as a police officer would still be allowed to purchase these firearms for their official duties.

The bill also requires the FBI to study and report back to Congress within 90 days about how its background check system works, particularly how information is shared between the main office and local FBI field offices. This is meant to help improve the background check process that gun dealers use when someone tries to buy a firearm.

In practical terms, this bill primarily affects young adults between 18 and 20 who want to purchase semiautomatic rifles or shotguns with larger ammunition capacity. It's designed to restrict access to these particular weapons during the late teenage and early twenties years, which supporters argue are high-risk ages for gun violence.