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 6-20-2025 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.
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Where’s the bragging??
Suppressor. Not silencer.
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?
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.......
I would love that! Take the SBR and Silencer provision out of the NFA! They were nothing but unconstitutional gun grabs!
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.
“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’.
It seems the ATF now has silencer wait times down to a few days now.
“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.
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.
” 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.
The only thing the bill does is call for ‘sbr’ and ‘silencer’ to be stricken from the law. So, everything else stays as-is.
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
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.
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)
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.
Same here. About $750 for a Sig 22. I am hopeful the European pricing model kicks in due to massive competition.
Perhaps. But a ‘silencer’ does not silence a firearm report. A ‘suppressor’ DOES suppress the sound from a firearm report.
“A ‘suppressor’ DOES suppress the sound from a firearm report.”
Impossible. Name one.
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.
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