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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Thank you
So Trump asked for it. And I know it was overturned.
Trump is not always correct and he has been wrong before.
I don’t like cult of personality crap.
To be seen. I am not a fan of the cult of personality group think that happens. So I will wait and see.
Actually, the Senate parliamentarian just stripped these provisions from the bill. Back to square one.
https://x.com/natlgunrights/status/1938457489965469758?s=61
Thune already said he wouldn't try to over-rule the parliamentarian.
That is a lot of power for an un-elected (Harry Reid appointed Elizabeth MacDonough in 2012) position, giving HER "line-item veto" power on items she claims (under the Byrd-rule) are not related to taxes or spending.
Of course the NFA is nothing but a tax, therefore these changes should stand as they are technically removing a taxable item.
Silence Central and Silencer Shop would both desire to fight this bill. Stupidly, though, as they would make far more money selling millions of silencers if this bill passes.
Thank you.
I said “if”. It’s a big “if”.
For a 92-year-old, like me, silencers and zero taxes on SS mean I can spend more time at the range and my wife can spend more time at the MGM...
Silence is the absence of sound. Suppression indicates a reduction of noise. Not silence.
The law, which you obviously have not read, defines the term ‘silencer’. It does not say ‘suppressor’.
Don’t care. It’s a simple example of semantics. I wasn’t talking about what the law says. The two words are similar but not completely interchangeable.
Hiram maxim got a patent for a silencer. He was the first one. That’s what he named it. That was also the name of it in federal law. Modern tacticool kids who stick their Glock down the front of their pants aimed right at their penis call it a suppressor.
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