How Loud is a Gunshot? [More]
And why do people who bill themselves as “commonsense gun safety advocates” so rabidly oppose hearing protection?
Of Sound Mind
Tag: suppressors
Expanding Their Horizons
DOJ targets DC firearm suppressor ban in amended complaint [More]
Not that they’re going to do anything about rescinding the entire NFA registration infringement… although you’d never know it from this.
Charlie’s Idea of Great R&R
“Assistant US attorney Charles Strauss Jr,” Peterson said. “He was actually on site for the raid. He actually orchestrated and coordinated the raid. It wasn’t done with law enforcement. It was done through the prosecution. So, the prosecution actually was the ones who did the raid, orchestrated it, and it was because of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act…the US assistant US attorney, actually told my attorney that Peterson will never traffic firearms again. That was one of his statements.” [More]
His LinkedIn page says he’s still employed…
Silent Running
Attorneys for George Peterson have filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Peterson v. United States, a Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)-backed challenge to the federal government’s unconstitutional National Firearms Act (NFA) tax and registration requirements for suppressors. [More]
Now all SCOTUS has to do to let bad law stand is…nothing.
[Via Jess]
Silent Running
South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill Tuesday that deregulates gun silencers by removing them from the state’s definition of a controlled weapon. [More]
And significantly:
The bill passed through both chambers of the Legislature without any “no” votes.
A spokesperson for Everytown shared the group’s reaction.
[Via Jess]
We’re the Only Ones Incapable Enough
On the very first day that suppressors and short-barreled shotguns became tax-free, the ATF’s eForms system crashed for hours under overwhelming demand. For the first time in nearly a century, Americans were able to exercise this right without paying a $200 federal tax—yet the system meant to process those applications couldn’t handle the volume. [More]
For some reason I’m recalling the old Panasonic slogan and imagining a modification:
[Via Jess]
It Should Go Without Saying
An attorney representing a California man who is challenging the state’s ban on firearm silencers argued to a panel of judges in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that the devices are protected under the Second Amendment. [More]
Shoot, anyone who’s not a moron or a monster knows that.
A Privilege Delayed
ATF Recalls NFA Examiners to Work During Shutdown in Response to Pressure from GOA [More]
Now you can register them in a timely manner just like the Founders intended.
Ulterior Motives
AI Overview: Reports and analysis from legal observers and gun rights advocates indicate that the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 shift on firearm suppressors was a strategic legal maneuver. By conceding that suppressors are a form of “arm” under the Second Amendment, the DOJ laid the groundwork to defend the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act (NFA) tax and registration scheme against legal challenges.
Guns and Gadgets elaborates. [Watch]
The “gun groups” obviously don’t care about this, so I don’t know why I should.
[Via Jess]
A Good First Step?
The NFA’s Regulation of Suppressors and Short-Barreled Rifles Violates the Second Amendment [More]
The sick joke is everybody knows that.
Once more I see arguments are long on “common use” and short on “militia,” but I guess we need a point of entry to get this into the interminable appeals cycle and hold it there long enough for Republicans to blow it and communist Democrats to regain power…
Perhaps the strategy is for B0ndi to take a dive…?
Lather, Rinse, Repeat
New Jersey laws banning gun silencers and short-barreled rifles are unconstitutional, according to two separate federal lawsuits brought against the state by New Jersey residents, the National Rifle Association, and the Firearms Policy Coalition. [More]
So, what judicial contortions will the Democrat judges have to go through to pretend that they’re not? Then appeal, then go to SCOTUS, then have them either not hear it or have whatever they say ignored by the lower courts, and years and dollars later we’re still being solicited to fund more complaints…
And then see whether or not Republicans manage to blow the midterms…
I’d say “Sorry I sound so negative,” but I’m not– I’m merely observing how things have worked so far.
[Via Jess]
About That ‘Next Big Win’
This Time It’ll Work
Rep. Andrew Clyde just introduced an amendment to the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill to remove the NFA registration requirement for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs. Call your Rep and DEMAND they support the Clyde Amendment! No half measures! Gut the NFA! [More]
I generally don’t appreciate naysayers, but who believes the momentum hasn’t been dissipated?
[Via Michael G]
Democrats Gone Silent
Picture I took in Ukraine a few months ago. 50 dollar over the counter Suppressors. The upper end ones were about $425 at the time. [More]
Now note how many gun-grabbers here in the land of the Second Amendment who make up all kinds of lies to deny this to you have a “#Slava Ukraini” hashtag in their social media profiles.
They were all silent when the biggest case for an armed populace opened up before their eyes, too.
It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
But we’re not across the finish line just yet. Parts of the bill still need to be cleaned up, and there’s still a chance we get stabbed in the back right before the goal. It’s time to mobilize—one final push. This is our chance, and we can’t afford to waste it. [More]
I need to hear the fat lady sing.
[Via Jess]
A Flawed Premise from the Get-Go
In a major development for gun owners and constitutionalists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit just withdrew a deeply flawed ruling that claimed suppressors aren’t “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. [More]
The bigger flaw is that government employees think that’s their call to make.
Oops
NOTE: While this text does remove suppressors from the NFA, a drafting error left suppressors out of the provision referencing state statutes. We are working with lawmakers to address this issue and are confident that it will be corrected through a manager’s amendment. [More]
I like to think of such things as a tribute to Allah.
[Via Jess]
Suppressor and Short Barrel Firearm Fight Shows Many U.S. States More Prohibitive Than Some Foreign Countries
…Republicans are looking to Parliamentarian of the Senate Elizabeth MacDonough to make her determination on if such measures will survive the “Byrd bath” or become “Byrd droppings.” [More]
Politicians sure do come up with all kinds of convoluted complications over something as simple as “shall not be infringed.”
RELATED UPDATE
I ended the piece with GOA’s latest announcement that “the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” now includes full repeal of the $200 NFA tax on: Suppressors Short-barreled rifles (SBRs) Short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) “Any Other Weapons” (AOWs).”
Here’s the rev. of the bill. Start on pg. 261.
It Ain’t Over ’til It’s Over
Scoop: Schumer targets Trump budget bill on gun silencers deregulation [More]
So what will all the cheering gun owners willing to ignore the crippling debt defects in the “Big Beautiful Bill” have to say about it if they don’t get this crumb thrown at them?
A Fly in the Ointment, A Wrench in the Works
Some 60 members of the Democratic Caucus this week called on Senate committees to remove the suppressor reform language from the pending reconciliation package. [More]
Mark W. Smith “break[s] down why this argument by the Democrats fails.
Will it, if they go judge shopping and get a robed apparatchik to exceed his authority and side with them?
[Via Jess]