In a massive win for gun owners, the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill—which includes the complete removal of suppressors from the National Firearms Act (NFA).
If enacted, this bill would strip away the $200 tax, lengthy application process, and intrusive registry currently required to own a suppressor. Suppressors would be regulated under the Gun Control Act like standard firearms—not as NFA-regulated items.
According to NRA-ILA, the bill puts suppressors back where they belong: in the hands of responsible gun owners without the red tape.
Naturally, the anti-gun crowd didn’t take it well.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the suppressor deregulation “beyond comprehension.” That’s right—she’s baffled that lawmakers would want to make it easier for Americans to protect their hearing while exercising a constitutional right.
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But Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) took the prize for the week’s most out-of-touch take. During a House Rules Committee meeting, Dean melted down over the number of suppressors sold annually—she calculated it to be 700,000 per year—and openly complained about how many Americans are enjoying their Second Amendment rights.
Even worse, Dean proposed raising the tax to $400 to choke off sales. “If we tripled it, you might actually discourage some sales of silencers,” she said. “Wouldn’t that be a good thing for us to be doing in this committee?”
So there it is in plain English: anti-gunners aren’t interested in safety, they’re interested in control. If they can’t outright ban something, they’ll tax it into oblivion.
Prohibition is the endgame, as NRA-ILA noted—and if this bill passes the Senate and becomes law, it’ll be a hard blow to that agenda.
Gun owners should celebrate this moment—but also stay sharp. The fight’s not over yet.
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so how would that tax work for the criminal element, would you tack that on after they shoot/kill someone?