Suppressor Steve

The Senate Finance Committee amendments are the best as they remove suppressors, short barreled rifles, short barreled shotguns, and any other weapons from the NFA. In addition, there is language that will satisfy state requirements requiring registration or licensing under the NFA.

 Call the U.S. Senate switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121 to connect with your state’s U.S. Senators – tell them once again to pass the Finance Committee’s firearm and related tax reforms in full.

As I have said from the beginning, you don’t get what you don’t ask for – or in this case, demand. While it may be more that we expect to get, we still should get something if only the suppressor portion.

PS: Regular blogging will resume. The Complementary Spouse and I just spent 9 days in Alaska seeing the sights and visiting my cousin Ginny.


7 thoughts on “Suppressor Steve”

  1. Have they fixed that pesky omission of Section 3? Right now the last text I saw said “4473 is Federal permission for state-law purposes” only on SBR/SBS/AOW.

  2. Here is what I’ve found from the American Suppressor Association:

    The American Suppressor Association issued a cautionary statement about two facets of the current language they are working to clean up:

    • The effective date is listed as “calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of enactment” — We are actively working to remove this provision and make the effective date upon POTUS’s signature. In the coming days, we will be in touch with any companies in states with Senate Finance Committee members to help us accomplish our goal.

    • The section that references state statutes does not currently include suppressors (but it does include SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs). We have already flagged this and have been told directly by the Finance Committee that this is a drafting error that will get fixed via manager’s amendment.

    1. John, saw that, just have no faith in these people until I see it in bill text–my bet is still that they’ll use HPA and SHORT as disposable bargaining chips in Conference then go back to their usual Failure Theater whizz-in-our-faces-and-tell-us-it’s-raining of “gee golly, we tried to deliver for y’all but we just didn’t have the votes to get it past those mean ol’ Dems, but give us all yer money and We’ll Git ‘Em Next Time…”

      We still have too many McConnell Suckweasels infesting the Senate like a walking cancer, and Thune’s one of ’em.

        1. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth McDonough, a rabid Obamarxist (who serves at the pleasure of the Majority Leader) hasn’t gotten her red pen to Finance’s section yet.

          Here’s what I expect, she’ll strike it all and Thune will shovel some “nothing I can do, Senate rules” BS.

          Why hasn’t Thune fired her? Why didn’t McConnell? Looking at it cynically, you have to admit a parliamentarians is a convenient shield for things the voters want but you don’t wanna do…

          1. I agree with you on this. However, don’t forget that J. D. Vance as President of the Senate can overrule the Parliamentarian. The question is whether he will or not.

  3. Suppressors and car mufflers were invented by the same guy, Hiram Maxim the younger, for the same purpose. The latter is required, if inadequately enforced, and the other is taxed or sometimes prohibited.

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