Hearing protection act (suppressors) introduced

[Rotnguns]

Not sure if this should go in the gear forum, but it has political overtones so I posted it here. One of our Idaho senators and a representative from Virginia have reintroduced the Hearing Protection Act which will remove suppressors from their current NFA status. Perhaps this time around it will have a chance of passing.

NRA-ILA | The Hearing Protection Act Introduced in the 119th Congress

U.S. Representative Ben Cline (R-VA-06) and U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) recently reintroduced the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 404/S. 364) in the 119th Congress. This commonsense legislation will give gun owners and hunters the opportunity to better protect their hearing when exercising their...

www.nraila.org

 

[Maxhunter]

That would be great

 

[StupidLightweight]

This would be huge, but after crushing our dreams in 2017 when it last stalled, I’m not holding my breath. If you have an upcoming suppressor purchase planned, don’t put it off hoping for the HPA to pass.

 

[Wrench]

I'm pretty sure we're going to see all of the nfa stuff go away. The nfa hinges on "dangerous and unusual". California describes everything as dangerous, guns are obviously dangerous....so dangerous is subjective.

Unusual. There are over 700k machine guns registered so that isn't unusual.....and it is legal for a fee to own them. The constitution doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms for a fee, it says you have the right.

We don't pay for any other right to be exercised.

Don't be shocked if this goes away. There are bigger fish to fry right now in the gov, and with most of .gov diligently trying to not get canned, I imagine there's not a lot of litigators who wish to jump on the train of rights suppression in the current environment.

 

[StupidLightweight]

I sure hope you're right. That would be huge.

 

[Weldor]

Except for the RHINO's . It would be nice if we could get some common sense stuff going for sure. 4473 and take it home.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

This is way down on my list of things that need to be changed...maybe it gets addressed by this Admin..maybe it doesn't...doesn't really matter to me.

I would rather see reasources used to provide more funding USDA to clean up and maintain our public lands.
It's has taken me 8 months to get the FS to repair a gate blocking motorized traffic to non motorized FS road. Funding was the excuse for 8 months.
But here we are using reasourse to fight states from trying to take Federal Lands that they can't afford to maintain.

 

[JFK]

This is way down on my list of things that need to be changed...maybe it gets addressed by this Admin..maybe it doesn't...doesn't really matter to me.

I would rather see reasources used to provide more funding USDA to clean up and maintain our public lands.
It's has taken me 8 months to get the FS to repair a gate blocking motorized traffic to non motorized FS road. Funding was the excuse for 8 months.
But here we are using reasourse to fight states from trying to take Federal Lands that they can't afford to maintain.

Doesn’t have to be an either or scenario. Making suppressors 50 state legal with no red tape should not cost the gov’t money. If anything, it would help conservation when everyone goes out and buys a suppressor and contributes PR funds.

 

[Jstumbaugh]

Hoping this happens and NY is forced to follow Fed ruling.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

This would be huge, but after crushing our dreams in 2017 when it last stalled, I’m not holding my breath. If you have an upcoming suppressor purchase planned, don’t put it off hoping for the HPA to pass.

+1. Not to mention if it does pass, you won’t be able to find a suppressor in stock anywhere! Most of the good ones are already hard to find at times with the NFA, would take a while for them to scale up I’d imagine. Another reason to go ahead if you are looking.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Doesn’t have to be an either or scenario. Making suppressors 50 state legal with no red tape should not cost the gov’t money. If anything, it would help conservation when everyone goes out and buys a suppressor and contributes PR funds.

I didn't say anything about money...I dont know about you but time is my most valuable reasource.

I think a better idea is to leave the tax stamp and the entire amount goes to P/R Act instead of the US Treasury gen fund with no designation, as it currently does now.
IIRC Firearm parts have an 11% tax, so 11% plus $200 on every can purchase.

There were 1.4 million suppressors sold in 2024. The tax stamp isn't handcuffing the market.

 

[JFK]

I didn't say anything about money...I dont know about you but time is my most valuable reasource.

I think a better idea is to leave the tax stamp and the entire amount goes to P/R Act instead of the US Treasury gen fund with no designation, as it currently does now.
IIRC Firearm parts have an 11% tax, so 11% plus $200 on every can purchase.

There were 1.4 million suppressors sold in 2024. The tax stamp isn't handcuffing the market.

Fair enough. Good point.

I’m in Ca so having them be legal here is likely a pipe dream anyway barring some sort of action at the supreme court level.

 

[Weldor]

Heck, I you want to do that why not put a $200 fee to purchase a firearm? Put the money towards p/r act. How about a $200 fee for mountain bikes? list could go on forever. P/R funds have been mis-spent for decades, fees won't help.

 

[Flyjunky]

Heck, I you want to do that why not put a $200 fee to purchase a firearm? Put the money towards p/r act. How about a $200 fee for mountain bikes? list could go on forever. P/R funds have been mis-spent for decades, fees won't help.

Yep, always amazes me that people are ok with all the extra fees to exercise a constitutional right.

 

[Rotnguns]

Ironically, in some European countries, it's considered rude NOT to use a suppressor when hunting. I believe some areas mandate it.