BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms joined a broad coalition of gun rights advocates and political leaders in what has so far been a successful effort to reform the 1934 National Firearms Act by removing suppressors from NFA regulation as part of the budget reconciliation package.
In a letter to Congress members Jodey C. Arrington, chair of the House Budget Committee and Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Rules Committee, the coalition of nearly 100 Second Amendment leaders including CCRKBA Managing Director Andrew Gottlieb demanded inclusion of portions of the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 404) in the budget reconciliation bill, known as the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” In a 215-214 vote early Thursday, the House passed the package with HRA provisions intact.
“We have cleared a significant obstacle in the effort to bring suppressors into the mainstream, and make the Hearing Protection Act a reality,” Gottlieb said. “The Citizens Committee is proud to have joined with so many of our friends and allies all over the country in pushing for reform of the NFA, which is long overdue.
“It is gratifying to see Hearing Protection make it past this important hurdle,” Gottlieb continued, “because it means members of Congress are finally seeing past the misinformation, myths and outright lies about suppressors which have been perpetuated for years by the gun prohibition movement and their media dupes.
“A big job still remains,” he acknowledged, “and that is successfully getting this legislation through the Senate with the HPA segment intact, then on to President Trump’s desk for his signature. CCRKBA remains committed to making that happen, and we will encourage our members and supporters to keep contacting their Senators to approve the budget reconciliation package with the HPA inclusion.
“For years,” Gottlieb recalled, “CCRKBA has supported deregulating firearm suppressors in the interest of hearing protection, and making the devices available to the public without all of the regulatory hoops and the $200 tax requirement. Happily, we’re almost there.”