[ad_1] Firearm silencers could soon get deregulated if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cleared the House earlier Thursday, prevails in the Senate. Buried deep in the megabill is a provision that would scrap a $200 federal excise tax on silencers and remove them from registration requirements under the National Firearms Act in a

[ad_1] While much of the coverage surrounding the House passing President Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” has centered on tax cuts, it also provides a win to Second Amendment supporters. The bill removes suppressors from the National Firearms Act. Suppressors, also known as silencers, reduce but do not eliminate the sound that guns make when

[ad_1] Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photography-of-brass-bullets-53224/ In 2024, gun violence caused over 72,000 deaths or injuries in the United States. School shootings in the last four years rose 107% compared to the previous 25 years, and in 2024, over 500 shooting incidents resulted in the deaths of four or more people. Despite these statistics, the majority

[ad_1] Second Amendment advocacy groups on Thursday cheered their win on deregulating gun suppressors, calling it a first step in a broader campaign to dismantle archaic firearm laws. The House-passed budget bill included provisions to eliminate the registration and $200 tax on suppressors. If the provision survives in the Senate version of the “big, beautiful

[ad_1] The GOP-led House passed budget reconciliation, Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, early Thursday morning and it eliminates the tax and registration requirement on suppressors. The legislation passed by a vote of 215-214, as Breitbart News reported. The NRA praised passage of the bill: Prior to passage, the  Second Amendment Foundation and its partners submitted

[ad_1] Dozens of Second Amendment groups are urging Congress to make firearm suppressors more accessible for law-abiding Americans, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The gun rights groups — which include the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the American Suppressor Association (ASA) — called on

[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s administration has upended a years-long attempt by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn to block the sales of a device that allows rifles to quickly fire a volley of shots. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York filed a lawsuit in January 2023 arguing an out-of-state company was selling

[ad_1] In the wake of the Parkland shooting, Florida did some pretty dumb stuff. One of those was to restrict long gun sales to those over 21. As it stands, handgun sales are already banned for those under 21 under federal law, which means they can’t lawfully buy any firearm. That’s a violation of the

[ad_1] (TNND) — The National Rifle Association is turning to the Supreme Court to overturn laws barring 18-20-year-olds from purchasing guns. Breitbart is reporting that the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Court denied their legal challenge, two years after a three judge panel for the Court of Appeals for the 5th

[ad_1] Citing a split between the 5th and 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals, the NRA is asking the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to intervene over laws barring 18-20 year-olds from gun purchases. CBS News reported that the NRA referred to the decisions from the split circuits as “intolerable” on Friday and asked SCOTUS

[ad_1] Families of Parkland shooting victims are speaking out against the National Rifle Association‘s push to overturn a Florida law that raised the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21, a measure enacted after the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The NRA is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court

[ad_1] By Max Rego, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration agreed on Friday to permit the sale of a device that allows for semi-automatic rifles to be fired quicker, a decision that gun control activists say paves the way for more mass shootings. The Department of Justice announced the agreement as part of a

[ad_1] TALLAHASSEE — Calling split appellate-court decisions “intolerable,” the National Rifle Association on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to a Florida law that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21. Friday’s move was the latest in seven years of legal wrangling

[ad_1] by Mitch Perry, Florida PhoenixMay 16, 2025 The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to Florida’s ban on firearm purchases by adults under 21. It’s the latest move by the gun-rights group in its four-year battle to override the 2018 Florida law that bans 18-to-20-year-olds

[ad_1] Calling split appellate court decisions “intolerable,” the National Rifle Association on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to a Florida law that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21. Friday’s move was the latest in seven years of legal wrangling over

[ad_1] Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on the Florida Farm Bill (SB 700), a top priority of Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson.   Simpson called the bill “the most comprehensive agriculture and consumer protection” measure in Florida’s history. “While other states are attacking farmers and ranchers, Florida is defending the rights of our farmers, protecting

[ad_1] Marion Hammer was once a famous face fiercely fighting against firearm regulation for the National Rifle Association (NRA). Now, Hammer and the NRA are firing shots at each other over money. Hammer has sued the NRA in federal court and is accusing the group of breaching her contract, smearing her reputation, and more, as

[ad_1] Each day in Zanesville, Ohio, a coal train headed for the local power station rounds the bend in the line at the bottom of Main Street and grinds towards the rusted rail bridge across the Muskingum River. It makes the turn at tortoise pace, and the symphonic, transfixing howl of the wheels could be

[ad_1] If the bill comes to vote in committee, attention will focus on whether Senate President Valarie J. Lawson’s leadership team will use its power to vote in the Judiciary Committee and propel the legislation to the Senate floor. Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode Island reporters, focused on the things that

[ad_1] NEW YORK CITY — Towing her pink tulle gown’s train in hand, transgender advocate Dylan Mulvaney graced the stage to host Lush’s Resist Ball — a ball created by the vegan cosmetics brand for the changemakers. The discussions of the night focused on transgender rights, persisting impacts of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and gun

[ad_1] Stay up-to-date with the politics team. Sign up for the Teen Vogue Take On January 21, the website for the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention went dark. Established by President Biden in 2023 as part of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, the office represented the first federal effort to protect Americans from

[ad_1] Suppressors are safety devices, first and foremost. They protect people’s hearing when they shoot. Not all of them work well enough to forego ear protection, but some do. Almost none sound like they do in the movies. There’s really no reason for them to be regulated via the NFA, but they are…but it might

[ad_1] Gun lobbyists are expressing dismay with a compromise on silencers included in the fast-tracked budget bill and the GOP’s slow-walking of another demand to stop the taxing and registration of commonly owned AR-15 style pistols. On Monday, the House Ways and Means Committee released its plan, and while it stripped a $200 tax on

[ad_1] Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the National Rifle Association (NRA) are warning that Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are passing over an opportunity to deregulate suppressors. On Monday, GOA used an X post to explain that the Republicans could “gut the National Firearms Act (NFA) using budget reconciliation because the

[ad_1] The latest spiteful, cruel act of political pandering by the Trump regime hits especially hard in Broward, where we will never forget the 17 students and staff murdered with an assault weapon at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. Jaime Guttenberg was one of the victims. She was 14. Her father,

[ad_1] We are happy to learn from the office of state Rep. Joe Hamm, R-Hepburn Township, that the legislator recently attended our region’s National Rifle Association banquet in Hughesville. The state representative discussed his efforts in the legislature to secure concealed-carry rights in Pennsylvania and to prevent municipalities from overstepping their authority and attempting unconstitutional

[ad_1] Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed legislation Thursday banning red flag laws in cities and/or municipalities throughout the state. The legislation is HB 809. The NRA-ILA noted HB 809 not only bans red flag laws but also prohibits cities and/or municipalities from “accepting any grants that would aid in the adoption or enforcement of [a

[ad_1] Some state lawmakers want to protect Texasns’ right to bear arms by making sure firearms can’t be taken from people deemed harmful to themselves or society. That’s the premise behind Senate Bill 1362, which prohibits governments from imposing extreme risk protection orders, or ERPOs, on individuals. At least 20 states across the nation have

[ad_1] “It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story [on Trump’s attacks on lawyers and law firms], because of the fear now running through our system of justice.” — Scott Pelle, “60 Minutes” (May 4) That observation prompted my colleague, Angel Eduardo, to caution that we are now in “uncharted and horrifying territory”