Suppressor rules

[JackButler]

No politics here, but wondering if anyone has thoughts on whether the Trump administration might lighten up the regulations concerning suppressor purchases? Making it more akin to just buying a firearm than with the extra steps involved today.

 

[wesfromky]

No politics here, but wondering if anyone has thoughts on whether the Trump administration might lighten up the regulations concerning suppressor purchases? Making it more akin to just buying a firearm than with the extra steps involved today.

Congress would need to amend the NFA.

 

[maxx075]

There were around 5 million suppressors sold from 2021-2024. You think the government is willing to give up a billion dollars?

Not gonna happen.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Maybe there was a small opportunity but when that healthcare CEO got killed with one I figured that small chance died with him.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

There were around 5 million suppressors sold from 2021-2024. You think the government is willing to give up a billion dollars?

Not gonna happen.

This. It's tough to get our money back once they get their grubby hands on it.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Trump has clearly stated that he dosent like silencers.

 

[RockAndSage]

A good start would be salami-slicing it out of the NFA and making it just a tax issue. From there, go after taxation of a gun as unconstitutional as taxation of voting or speech.

 

[Teodoro]

The administration has said it will roll back Biden era changes to gun regulation, but compared to other initiatives, it's not moving fast at all. It seems incredibly unlikely to me that suppressors would be added to his agenda.

 

[ElDiablito]

Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 404)

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove silencers from the definition of firearms, and for other purposes.

www.govtrack.us

If congress will get off their as$, this is the best time to get it over the finish line in years.

 

[06 SB]

Maybe there was a small opportunity but when that healthcare CEO got killed with one I figured that small chance died with him.

IIRC, it was a homemade one so there was no cry for regulation. I would like to see suppressors get carved out of the NFA, it needs to be done properly so that states cannot ban them as being an attachment and not covered by 2A.

One of the things I have been wondering is if the tax can be reduced with changing the NFA. Make it a $25 tax stamp...

 

[jbc247]

Just had a trust approved over a weekend, compared to 15 months 3 years ago. At least there is some improvement.

 

[maxx075]

Just had a trust approved over a weekend, compared to 15 months 3 years ago. At least there is some improvement.

Incentivizing more tax money, go figure

 

[Conrad101st]

When they (insert whoever that is) figure out that many liberals (insert whoever that is) are now buying weapons, some in bulk, the attitude of the government, including the current administration, might not be as freewheeling as we would have hoped in deregulating stuff like this. Big pharma and oil executives do not like being shot in the back in NYC. Just thinking out loud.

 

[Conrad101st]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/25/trump-administration-says-machine-guns-arent-protected-second/

 

[BLJ]

There were around 5 million suppressors sold from 2021-2024. You think the government is willing to give up a billion dollars?

Not gonna happen.

Sadly this. IMO.

 

[IDVortex]

We'd have a chance of supressors being delisted if we had Brandon Herrera become director of the ATF. I personally don't see anyone who would be willing to get rid of the NFA list in office at this time. Nor is congress or the senate have the balls to stand up for anything they claim to support.

 

[Pilsner]

IIRC, it was a homemade one so there was no cry for regulation. I would like to see suppressors get carved out of the NFA, it needs to be done properly so that states cannot ban them as being an attachment and not covered by 2A.

One of the things I have been wondering is if the tax can be reduced with changing the NFA. Make it a $25 tax stamp...

Someone - whose name I am forgetting right now - has a piece of legislation in consideration that would at least place the tax stamp dollars into the Pittman-Roberts Conservation Fund instead of the general fund. If they arent going to do away with the tax stamp at least this puts it to a better use...

 

[mt terry d]

The administration has said ...

They've said a lot of things.

Talk is cheap.

The cheapest talk comes from politicians

 

[wyosam]

We'd have a chance of supressors being delisted if we had Brandon Herrera become director of the ATF. I personally don't see anyone who would be willing to get rid of the NFA list in office at this time. Nor is congress or the senate have the balls to stand up for anything they claim to support.

Director of the ATF cannot change legislation. He could choose to ignore, but buying (or selling) anything in that circumstance might be a big problem if/when political winds change. The only way it can change starts in congress, and as you said, there is nothing happening there. There doesn’t seem to be enough cohesion in republicans in congress to get much done.


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[thinhorn_AK]

It’s amazing that people think Donald trump is going to protect their gun rights. He may not pursue some of the plans the Biden was going to but he has clearly stated that he does not like silencers, and he also banned bump stocks.

Trump is not coming to save you.