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Posted on 05/11/2025 9:11:17 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
The Hearing Protection Act (HPA) might be in trouble in the House Ways and Means Committee, and anti-gun lobbyists are NOT the ones holding it up. David Kustoff (R-TN) has been actively pushing to lower the tax stamp to $5 from $200, which would be a welcome change, but the better alternative is to remove suppressors completely from the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). That would eliminate the tax stamp fee and remove all other NFA requirements.
This option is the best option for gun owners, yet he is pushing the latter and is against the elimination of suppressors from the NFA.
Rep Kustoff’s constituents include a substantial percentage of gun owners. His push to keep suppressors on the NFA does not make sense unless outside forces are putting pressure on his office to lower the fee to $5 instead of completely removing them from the NFA. Anti-gun groups would be lobbying to keep the status quo, meaning the pressure is most likely coming from the pro-gun side. AmmoLand News has been provided with the name of the lobbyist pushing for a fee reduction instead of elimination from the NFA by our sources inside the House Ways and Means Committee.
It is a name that should be familiar to most in the gun rights community….
Heavy lobbying is being done by the former head of the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), Chris Cox, a paid lobbyist. Cox is working to lower the tax stamp fee to $5 and keep suppressors on the NFA!
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
Still, it would be nice if Congress at least threw the shooting community a bone and lowered the ATF Tax Stamp down to $5.
While I am certainly in favor of lowering the tax stamp cost for suppressors to five dollars, I am much more in favor of completely eliminating suppressors from the NFA in the first place. There is also legal justification for doing so.
The simple fact is that the BATFE regulates suppressors under the authority of the 1934 NFA, which defines suppressors as “arms.“ Well, if they are “arms,“ then they cannot charge a fee to exercise the right to own those devices, any more than a state can charge a poll tax to exercise the right to vote. On the other hand, if suppressors are not “arms,“ then under what pretext can they possibly be regulated at all? The government simply cannot have it both ways. Either suppressors are “arms“ or they are not, and either way they should not be regulating them - fee or no fee.
Ironically, these are available right off the shelf without any regulations whatsoever in Europe, where it is required to use suppressors in many countries because it helps to preserve people‘s hearing. So, even the hoplophobic Europeans recognize that suppressors are not arms, and that they provide a tremendous benefit to society in terms of preserving health. For a change, they are far more rational than we are on a gun-related issue, since our pathetic Congress in 1934 got it’s motivation for passing this law from the movies and sensationalist reporting regarding mafia activities. Even more pathetic is that 91 years after the fact, we still apparently cannot have a rational discussion about these devices.
That bull hockey right there is why NRA is why gets nothing from me anymore. what a bunch of hats and holes.
From what I understand, supressors were put on the NFA list during the depression. People were using them for poaching to feed their families.
I know the "muh rights" bunch will squall about being on "a list", but truth of the matter is, if we're to the point of a real reason to worry about being on a list, it's time to move from "theory" to "practical application" anyways..
If it facilitates the exercise of 2nd Amendment rights, it falls in the category of “arms” and the 2nd Amendment protects it.
Remove all NFA restrictions, and sell them over the counter at your local hardware store. Just like earmuffs and other hearing-protecting items.
I can’t remember if you manage the FReeper “Bang List” but I thought I’d send this to you in case you do.
Ditto for me too. I was a member for ages but ditched them for good after finding out about all the crap that was going on inside the NRA, not least of which was the NRA paying for Wayne LaPierre's $30,000 hand-made, Italian suits.
I don’t manage the banglist. It may be “Procon”, but I am not sure. Banglist is in the keywords so it should be viewed by the person who does Banglist pings.
Sorry for the wrong ping!
Procon, I’m sending to you for the “Bang List” if you think they’d be interested. (I accidentally sent this to MtnClimber by mistake believing he managed your list. Brain-fog on my part)!
No problem at all.
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The lowering of the tax stamp to $5 would be nice, but the onerous paperwork involved will still be in place. And as long as the paperwork is kept, the price of a suppressor will be artificially high.
The NRA rarely acts on the will of the gun owners (other than the Fudds). That’s why I haven’t renewed my membership in years.
All I Want is a Can Without the Hassel!
THIS!
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Roll yer Own can....
20 bucks
I’m in favor of SCOTUS getting rid of all the modern infringements starting with the 1934 NFA and moving up to today.
You may say I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.
That is true. In some locales, Alabama in particular, deer were in a near extinction status from poaching using suppressors during the the Great Depression.
They are right. Kustoff is a do-nothing photo opp. Rino.
Sources Say Lobbyist Chris Cox & Rep Kustoff Pushing to Keep Suppressors on the NFA
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