
Here’s the new talking point to parrot about the suppressor concession:
I don’t suppose we can muffle those screams…?
Notes from the Resistance

Here’s the new talking point to parrot about the suppressor concession:
I don’t suppose we can muffle those screams…?
I note the announcement does not include the SHORT Act being included in the House version. I’ve heard some stuff about that I may be sharing in a few days if I can confirm.
What will the Senate do? Gut feel: A critical mass of Dems love our money more than they our hate guns. And let’s not let this potential “win” on guns blind us to the existential dangers of out of control government spending to advance powers nowhere delegated.
Looks like I may have been wrong for being so negative about HPA’s chances.
Hey… does this mean I can dig up the Chore Boy…?
Silencers are “used to conceal the fact that you are firing a weapon,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “There will be more crimes committed, more people killed” if the current bill passes. [More]
They don’t and there won’t be.
During late debate over budget reconciliation proposals, a coalition of Second Amendment organizations is demanding that short barreled rifles and shotguns, as well as sound suppressors be removed from regulation under the 1934 National Firearms Act. [More]
Good idea. Some questions:
Deleted the tweet calling @Silencercentral liars but leaving my reply to them as it still begs some questions. [More]
That’s a common misuse of the term, but we get the meaning.
This and denials by Cox and Kustoff highlight the importance of making sure of your target before touching the trigger. I’d guess the only reasons there haven’t been lawsuits is because they wouldn’t be worth it in terms of further alienation and deep enough pockets.
I haven’t said much about this whole recent suppressor flap other than I just don’t get why so many prominent 2A community voices are getting everybody excited over what the committee does when they know a bill will never reach the president’s desk. And these are the same “gun rights leaders” who have remained dead silent about the “pro-gun” Trump administration’s DOJ arguing that banning machineguns doesn’t violate the Second Amendment.
[Via WiscoDave]
Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Slash Suppressor Transfer Costs To Zero [More]
But that’s not REALLY the point, is it?
I know, his rhetoric is a damn sight better than what Harris’s would have been, but who seriously believes even this will make it out of the Senate and to his desk?
I wish GOA would use the rhetoric I’m seeing from them here on something much more existential that they have so far been ignoring.
[Via bondmen]
Sources Say Lobbyist Chris Cox & Rep Kustoff Pushing to Keep Suppressors on the NFA [More]
He’s probably just playing 3D chess.
[Via Jess]
UPDATE
AmmoLand reposted its article with Cox’s unequivocal denial/disavowal. I wonder who Crump’s source was.
Stalled 2A Bills Need Your Support [More]
Say everybody floods the switchboards and the bills make it out of committee. Then what?
I see the 2A blogosphere and guntubers mobilizing on this while actual doable priorities remain ignored and mostly unknown. I’d say at least it will help flush out committee RINOs, but then have to ask what gun owners will do about it, because they all seem to flourish with impunity.
Related UPDATE
But far be it for the “no compromise gun lobby” to notice this.
I miss Larry’s leadership.
Why do ATF agents need new suppressors for their ARs? [More]
Oh, look! LEs use the same “hearing protection” argument “our side” does (instead of us claiming it as a right government has no legitimate claim to). Meanwhile, the grabtard lobby tells its useful idiots that, in the hands of mere citizens, they are “inherently dangerous devices” and “deadly accessories.”
So California requires one and bans the other… Is this where some idiot “progressive” would say “Yeah, but cars don’t kill people”?
[Via Jess]
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Simpson files brief for @TheJusticeDept arguing that silencers are NOT arms & are NOT protected by the Second Amendment. [More]
Did I hear someone say gun owners are losing patience?

Yeah, but he’s only been on the job two months and he’s got a lot on his plate and he’s playing a 3D chess game and… aside from “Would you rather have Kamala?” what excuse did I miss?
And any word on the Bondi report yet?
[Via Andy M]

Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts – A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned. [More]
Mehrotra, eh…?
I keep going back to the last paragraph.
And Wired being ultimately controlled by the same billionaire who profits from Teen Vogue’s anal sex tips for teens…
Why do I have the feeling that if fuel filters were being used for something else it wouldn’t be a story?
[Via Michael G]
Last month, Representatives August Pfluger (R-TX) and Jared Golden (D-ME) introduced the bipartisan “Protecting Americans’ Right to Silence Act of 2024” (PARTS Act), H.R. 10145, which seeks to modernize and clarify the federal definition of firearm suppressors under the Gun Control Act. [More]
So Republicans help Gungrabber Golden burnish his reputation with a bill that has a 1% chance of being enacted, meaning it costs Democrats nothing but buys them all kinds of Fuddwill and “gunfluencer” kudos…
[Via Jess]

President Trump has a tool to push for the passage of legislation, such as the hearing protection act. The executive branch, specifically the Secretary of the Treasury, can unilaterally declare an amnesty for people to register NFA items with the ATF. [More]
Wouldn’t that imply they’d done something wrong and that citizens should obey tyrannical claims on their rights…?
Yeah, of course I know the alternative.
Some of us have considered that before charting our own course.
I like Dean, he does a lot of valuable stuff and I’m sure he’s doing his best to let us know about something that could keep us out of trouble. I guess I’m just surprised to see this on JPFO.