CALL TO ACTION BECAUSE WE WILL NOT HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THIS: All gun owners should contact their Senators and insist that suppressor preemption be included in the final draft so that the bill can be passed. The White House switchboard phone number is (202) 456-1414
The latest draft of the Senate Finance Committee’s reconciliation bill includes long-overdue rollbacks of the National Firearms Act — repealing the tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns.
After the House passed the reconciliation bill in late May, the National Association for Gun Rights mobilized gun rights supporters across the country to unleash a torrent of grassroots pressure demanding the Senate include provisions from the SHORT Act, which removes short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs from the NFA.
On Monday, June 16th, 2025, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee released their draft of the reconciliation bill — and it included two of the National Association for Gun Rights demands:
- Removal of suppressors from the NFA; and
- Inclusion of SHORT Act provisions to deregulate short-barreled rifles and shotguns.
The SHORT Act guts key NFA regulations, while Section 3 of the HPA (Hearing Protection Act) goes even further, blocking states from enforcing federal suppressor regulations that Congress never gave them the power to enforce in the first place.
By NAGR Staff
