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President Trump Brags About Removing Silencer Regulations in Big Beautiful Bill
AmmoLand ^ | June 20, 2025 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 06/27/2025 4:31:26 AM PDT by marktwain

President Trump is energetically pushing to pass his One Big Beautiful Bill. On June 3, 2025, the White House published 50 Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

The One Big Beautiful Bill does not do everything that needs to be done. It does not cut spending as much as needed, because the Republican majorities in the House and Senate are extremely thin. However, the One Big Beautiful Bill has many excellent policy changes. The policy decisions become law with the One Big Beautiful Bill, beyond Presidential Executive Orders, so they carry more weight and cannot be reversed by a change in Presidents.

For Second Amendment Supporters, the most consequential change in the One Big Beautiful Bill is listed as number 34. From whitehouse.gov:

Here are 50 reasons why President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is the best chance in a generation to pass critical reforms for which Americans voted:

34. It safeguards Second Amendment rights by removing tax and registration requirements for firearm silencers and eliminating silencers from the National Firearms Act.

50 Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill White House Screengrab 6-20-202550 Wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill White House Screengrab 6-20-2025

The removal of silencers from the National Firearms Act appears to be only the third legislative rollback of unconstitutional Federal gun control in the last 90 years.

There have been many state legislative victories.There have been significant court victories.  Contrary to the “all or nothing” crowd, this has resulted in significant restoration of some of the rights protected by the Second Amendment.  Incrementalism is working. The protection afforded by the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was passed by Congress. It is important, but the PLCAA did not roll back existing law.

(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...


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Update: A Senate committee has added the Short Act to the "Big Beautiful Bill". The Short Act would take short barreled rifles and shotguns out of the National Firearms Act.
1 posted on 06/27/2025 4:31:26 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Where’s the bragging??


2 posted on 06/27/2025 4:36:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: marktwain

Suppressor. Not silencer.


3 posted on 06/27/2025 4:41:11 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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To: marktwain

Before I got my suppressors, I had a law firm create a gun trust for me (that was the way to go back then). Then add the cost of the suppressors and $200 tax stamp for each one, fingerprint cards, and it adds up to $$$$. The worst part is that I had to wait on average 9 months or longer after ordering through my class 3 FFL dealer (best to order multiples at a time). I have no idea why the ATF took so long. And I do not like the idea of the government knowing what I have. If it goes through and becomes law, for sure I’m going to get some SBR’s and more suppressors. I guess I’d be able to hand them down to my sons without any government paperwork?


4 posted on 06/27/2025 4:56:49 AM PDT by Philsworld
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For me, it was 7 months for mine.

It was for my .22 and truth be told, not impressed with the silencing. Maybe it has to do with the high velocity ammo I use.

In any event, I suspect the stupid politicians are influenced by the hollywood interpretations of suppressors, showing how they go pew, pew, pew.......

5 posted on 06/27/2025 5:04:08 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: marktwain

I would love that! Take the SBR and Silencer provision out of the NFA! They were nothing but unconstitutional gun grabs!


6 posted on 06/27/2025 5:06:29 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Philsworld

Europe doesn’t ban silencers. In some gun ranges they are required to prevent disturbing the neighbors. They are also real cheap, like $15-$50.


7 posted on 06/27/2025 5:07:32 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Suppressor. Not silencer.”

Actually, the term in the 1934 NFA is ‘silencer’. The term ‘suppressor’ was invented by nerds that thought they were being ‘more correct’.


8 posted on 06/27/2025 5:08:26 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Hot Tabasco

It seems the ATF now has silencer wait times down to a few days now.


9 posted on 06/27/2025 5:10:21 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Philsworld

“I guess I’d be able to hand them down to my sons without any government paperwork?”

Yes. The 1934 NFA would remove both SBR and silencers from the law altogether.


10 posted on 06/27/2025 5:11:55 AM PDT by CodeToad
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If this passes I wonder if there will be a distinction between regulated items and non. That is those taxed and those not. Will you still need to keep the tax stamp with the regulated item and inform the atf before moving them out of state? I don’t think these details have been decided or discussed.


11 posted on 06/27/2025 5:13:52 AM PDT by 556x45
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To: Philsworld

” I had a law firm create a gun trust for me (that was the way to go back then)”

Still is, but with one significant change which is using one trust per device that is ‘ATF approved’ boilerplate and gets approved by the ATF electronically. Custom trusts take longer.


12 posted on 06/27/2025 5:14:22 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: 556x45

The only thing the bill does is call for ‘sbr’ and ‘silencer’ to be stricken from the law. So, everything else stays as-is.


13 posted on 06/27/2025 5:15:44 AM PDT by CodeToad
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It seems the ATF now has silencer wait times down to a few days now.

That's good news. Last December I talked to a guy who basically said the same thing. He only had to wait about 2 weeks.

Hopefully, if the regulations are removed, their prices will come down. I paid as much for mine as I did for the .22. That's crazy

14 posted on 06/27/2025 5:17:52 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

I have short suppressor for .22 cal. It’s better on a pistol than a rifle. So I thought why not try my 223/556 suppressor on the .22 rifle. Very quiet. I also tried it with subsonic ammo. Even better.


15 posted on 06/27/2025 5:17:59 AM PDT by Philsworld
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To: 556x45

If passed as it now exists in the House version and the Senate version, short barreled rifles and shotguns and silencers/suppressors will be treated the same as rifles, shotguns, and handguns under federal law (1968 GCA and updates)


No registration. No additional taxes beyond what exists now. However, state regulations still apply. Many are being challenged in federal court as being unconstitutional.

A few states require registration. A few states require most transfers to go through a background check. For the most part, no fingerprints or pictures required.


16 posted on 06/27/2025 5:19:19 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Hot Tabasco

Same here. About $750 for a Sig 22. I am hopeful the European pricing model kicks in due to massive competition.


17 posted on 06/27/2025 5:22:47 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad

Perhaps. But a ‘silencer’ does not silence a firearm report. A ‘suppressor’ DOES suppress the sound from a firearm report.


18 posted on 06/27/2025 5:24:04 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perfection is impossible. But if you pursue perfection...you may achieve excellence.)
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“A ‘suppressor’ DOES suppress the sound from a firearm report.”

Impossible. Name one.


19 posted on 06/27/2025 5:24:45 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad

My trust has multiple lines for multiple items (anything class 3). I know a guy who bought a full auto seer for his AR. I think he paid somewhere around $12,000 for it. I can’t remember if it was drop in or if he had a gunsmith install it. He has a gun collection that anyone would love to have. He owns a jet charter business. Even for that full auto seer, just $200 to the ATF.


20 posted on 06/27/2025 5:26:01 AM PDT by Philsworld
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