FTA: “There’s a lot of ‘fake news,’ to use the president’s words, surrounding suppressors,” explained Williams. “We want to communicate to the White House that the media continues to misinform the public. We believe president Trump will be receptive to our messaging because in addition to having the facts on our side his own sons use suppressors and have supported deregulation in the past.”
It’s true. Don Jr. told SilencerCo in a 2016 interview that, “I love your product,” while also lamenting, “I can’t use it in the People’s Republic of New York.”
Jr. also said that when it comes to legislation like the Hearing Protection Act, which would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act, his father is “obviously going to be for it” and that it wouldn’t make sense for the president not to sign it.
What Trump ultimately decides to do on the suppressor front is anyone’s guess. What is certain, however, is it would be incredibly stupid for him to push a ban before the 2020 election. Given that the gun community is already on guard following the bump stock fiasco, outlawing suppressors would all but ensure that he’d lose the pro-2A vote and, as a result, the election.
(Of course, you could always vote for Joe (gun-free zone) Biden… Or, here’s a thought: You could make phone calls and send emails to President Trump and your elected officials. Flood the hearings. Attend or work at gun shows.)
Donald Trump doesn’t like suppressors. At all. He told a reporter precisely that last week on the South Lawn of the White House before departing on Marine One.
“I don’t like them at all,” replied the president when asked by the reporter if “silencers should be restricted?”
Days later Trump took it one step further, telling Piers Morgan (of all people) that he’d contemplate a retroactive ban of the accessories like his administration did with reciprocating stocks in 2018.
“I’d like to think about it [banning suppressors]. I mean nobody’s talking about silencers very much. I did talk about the bump stock and we had it banned and we’re looking at that. I’m going to seriously look at it. I don’t love the idea of it,” the president said to Morgan during an interview on Good Morning Britain.
Suppressors have been in the headlines following reports that the Virginia Beach suspect used one in the May 31st attack on the city’s municipal center which left 12 people dead (ATF has not yet disclosed where or how the suspect obtained the suppressor).
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