There are five Senate cosponsors of this bill in the 116th Congress. Instead of making it easier for firearms that could be used in ambushes and other attacks to enter our streets, Congress should focus on making the job of police officers who are trained to serve and protect our communities and families safer.” Lawmakers should join law enforcement officers and major law enforcement organizations in rejecting the SHUSH Act and the gun lobby’s dangerous pursuit of profit over safety."ĭavid Chipman, senior policy adviser for the Giffords Law Center for Prevent Gun Violence and a retired ATF special agents, argues that this bill is " reckless," and would make police officers' jobs more dangerous: “The only people that benefit from this bill are gun lobbyists and criminals who want easier access to deadly weapons. That’s why this irresponsible legislation couldn’t get passed when Republicans had complete control of Congress. military relies on them, not on silencers, to protect soldiers’ hearing. Widely available ear protection products work better than silencers to protect hearing and safety - which is why the U.S. The gun lobby presents this legislation as an attempt to protect shooters’ hearing, but silencers are not the most effective or the safest way to do so. These core public safety laws have kept silencers out of criminal hands for decades, without blocking access for law-abiding citizens. But radical legislation would repeal all federal laws on firearm silencers, making it legal for convicted felons, domestic abusers, and other people with dangerous histories to buy silencers. In an active shooter situation, for example, hearing and recognizing a gunshot can be a matter of life and death. When this bill was introduced in 2017, gun control groups such as Everytown for Gun Safety condemned it, arguing that " silencers pose a significant danger in the wrong hands": " Silencers pose a significant danger in the wrong hands, making it harder for bystanders or law enforcement to identify and react quickly to gunshots. Lee introduced it in the 115th Congress: " In addition to proposing a bill that makes sense in the real world, the bill’s two Senate sponsors are clearly advocating on behalf of constituents’ financial interests-which is their job in a representative democracy, despite the conjuring of sinister overtones by gun control zealots." Outdoor Life's John Haughey wrote approvingly of this bill in July 2017, when Sen.
Our bill would remove these unnecessary federal regulations and make it easier for firearms users to protect themselves.” The current process for obtaining a suppressor is far too expensive and burdensome. Mike Lee (R-UT) reintroduced this bill from the 115th Congress to eliminate federal suppressor regulations: “Suppressors can make shooting safer for the millions of hunters and sportsmen that exercise their constitutional right to use firearms every year. Individuals who would acquire and use a suppressor companies that make suppressors and state governments. Silencers protect the hearing of hunters and recreational shooters, and this bill would make it easier for law-abiding people to access them while keeping background checks in place to prevent them from getting into the wrong hands.įederal deregulation of silencers would enrich the gun industry and make it easier for silencers to get in the wrong hands, thereby threatening public safety by making it difficult for first responders to identify active shooters.
The bill’s full title is the Silencers Help Us Save Hearing (SHUSH) Act.
Under current law, individuals are required to go through a registration process with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) before acquiring a silencer which can take about nine months. Additionally, it would allow qualified current and retired law enforcement personnel to carry a concealed firearm equipped with a silencer in accordance with state law.
The $200 transfer tax on silencers would be repealed, and the bill would preempt state or local laws that tax the transfer of silencers. This bill - known as the SHUSH Act - would deregulate firearm suppressors (aka silencers) at the federal level by treating any person who acquires or possesses a silencer as meeting any federal registration or licensing requirements for that silencer.
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