# H.R. 2189 (119th): Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act

Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act This bill removes less-than-lethal projectile devices (e.g., certain TASERs) from regulation under the Gun Control Act. The term less-than-lethal projectile device means a device that (1) is not designed or intended to expel (and may not be readily converted to discharge) commonly used ammunition or projectiles exceeding a velocity of 500 feet per second; (2) is designed and intended to be used in a manner not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury; and (3) does not accept (and cannot be readily modified to accept) an ammunition feeding device. The bill also requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine whether a device satisfies the definition of a less-than-lethal projectile device within 90 days of a request.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: de-escalation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: de_escalation. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: firearms_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: law_enforcement. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: less_lethal_devices. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: public_safety. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 70: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill reduces federal regulatory burdens on a class of less-than-lethal devices and defines them by a reduced-lethality standard, which is a plausible prudential good for de-escalation and lawful self-defense. It does not directly advance or restrain a named moral evil, and reasonable disagreement exists about whether the exemption is well-drawn, so mixed/prudential is the appropriate classification.
Theological note: The measure bears on the proportionate use of force, bodily safety, lawful self-defense, and the restraint of violence by public officers. These are real moral concerns, but the bill's operative text is a technical regulatory change about which devices fall under federal firearms law, so it is best treated as a prudential matter of issue relevance rather than a direct moral verdict.

## Recorded votes

Roll 70: On Passage. Yea 233 · Nay 185 · Other 13.

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