LEGISLATION

South Dakota Governor Rhoden signed SD 2 into law at Silencer Central's headquarters, removing suppressors from the state's controlled weapons definition. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Casey Crabtree and Representative Drew Peterson, was supported by the National Shooting Sports Foundation and provides a template for other states seeking suppressor deregulation.

Silencer Central announced that South Dakota's legislature unanimously voted to deregulate suppressors, with the bill now heading to Governor Rhoden for signature. Founder Brandon Maddox stated the company is working with the National Shooting Sports Foundation to pursue similar legislation in other states and achieve full federal deregulation.

The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is happy to report there has been progress on drumming up support for a permitless carry veto override vote in the Tar Heel State. Last week the Committee sent letters to four key North Carolina lawmakers and urged them to support a veto override of SB 50.

NSSF® celebrated Oklahoma’s Gov. Kevin Stitt signing SB 500, the NSSF-priority Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act, yesterday in Oklahoma City. The law prohibits state agencies and local government entities from entering into contracts with corporations that discriminate against the firearm industry.

Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the reconciliation bill, commonly known as the One, Big, Beautiful Bill, which was previously approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The bill includes NRA-supported language that eliminates the burdensome $200 excise tax imposed by federal law on suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and “any other weapons” as defined by the National Firearms Act (NFA).

The Firearms Policy Coalition issued a statement in response to reports that the Senate Parliamentarian has advised that key pro-liberty provisions in the Republican reconciliation package would be subject to a 60-vote threshold under the Byrd Rule, essentially striking them from the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” unless the Senate overrules her.

Gun Owners of America and six other gun rights organizations issued a joint statement urging the U.S. Senate to continue to fight to gut the National Firearms Act of 1934 despite the Parliamentarian’s egregiously incorrect ruling that NFA excise taxes cannot be repealed using the budget reconciliation process.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and six other gun rights organizations issued a joint statement urging the U.S. Senate to continue to fight to gut the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) despite the Parliamentarian’s egregiously incorrect ruling that NFA excise taxes cannot be repealed using the budget reconciliation process.

NSSF® applauds U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum’s signing of a Secretarial Order to begin implementation of key provisions of H.R. 6492, the NSSF-supported Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, which was signed into law last year.

In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), along with its partners, helps set the record straight regarding the removal of suppressors and short-barreled firearms from the National Firearms Act (NFA).

A coalition of public interest organizations, led by Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF), warned Senators about the far-reaching effects of a provision in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s reconciliation language (Subtitle B, Section 203 of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) that would require courts to impose financial bonds before issuing temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions against the federal government.

Firearms Policy Coalition announced that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed FPC-supported House Bill 407, which repeals residency restrictions and expands access to the right to bear arms in the state. HB 407 is a legislative response to an FPC right-to-carry lawsuit, Mate v. Wescott, that was filed as part of FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional residency requirements throughout the United States.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is calling on Congress to stand firm in support of Section 70436 of H.R. 1—the “One Big Beautiful Bill”—which would fully repeal the unconstitutional excise taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and any other weapons under the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA).

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) praised the Senate Finance Committee on its wise and courageous leadership in proposing a number of critically important and constitutionally required firearm law and tax reforms in the budget reconciliation package (at section 70436, “Elimination Of Tax On Certain Devices Under The National Firearms Act”).

Gun Owners of America (GOA) is celebrating a massive legislative victory as the Senate Finance Committee officially advanced language to fully repeal the unconstitutional excise taxes imposed under the National Firearms Act (NFA).

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) called on the full United States Senate to support and pass the Finance Committee’s firearm law and tax reforms in the budget reconciliation package. These critically important reforms include the elimination of unconstitutional taxes, restrictions, and red tape on the lawful purchase and possession of popular, constitutionally protected firearms and firearm suppressors.

The Firearms Policy Coalition urged the U.S. Senate to hold the line and pass President Trump’s reconciliation House Bill with the legislation’s current suppressor reforms intact. The House of Representatives passed the Act with three important provisions relating to suppressors, one removing the vital hearing protection devices from the extreme regulations of the National Firearms Act and two others zeroing out the currently-required additional taxes for making or transferring the safety devices.

NSSF® hails the introduction of H.R 3770, the Fighting Irrational Regulatory Enforcement to Avert Retailers’ Misfortune (FIREARM) Act, by U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif). The “FIREARM” Act would prevent the ATF from shuttering FFLs over minor clerical mistakes and allows them to correct self-reported errors.

Firearms Policy Coalition called on Congress to fix and pass H.R. 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” so that millions of peaceable American gun owners can exercise their right to bear arms without the fear of arrest or prosecution, particularly in anti-Second Amendment strongholds like California, New York, Illinois, and New Jersey.

Knife Rights' Vermont Switchblade Ban Repeal bill that was incorporated into the "Court Procedure; Criminal Procedure; Miscellaneous Amendments" bill, S.109, has now passed both the Senate and House and is off to the Governor for his anticipated signature.