The lack of attention by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to two important pro-gun measures has one gun-rights organization raising a red flag.
On May 5, Gun Owners of America (GOA) sent out a national alert to its members expressing concern over the House Ways and Means Committee’s lack of action on the Hearing Protection Act (H.R. 404) and the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act (H.R. 2395). Both have been stalled in the committee for longer than GOA thinks necessary.
H.R. 404, introduced by Rep. Ben Cline, would remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), stripping away all regulation and eliminating the $200 tax stamp. H.R. 2395, introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde, would prevent any future attempt to reintroduce the Biden administration’s unconstitutional pistol brace ban. The NFA was the actual law that the Biden Administration used to justify the pistol brace ban.
“You helped deliver a mandate to President Trump last November, and now we need the House Ways and Means Committee to help President Trump deliver on his campaign promise to restore the Second Amendment,” the alert stated. “Tell them to pass H.R. 404 and H.R. 2395 immediately out of committee to deregulate suppressors and ensure that a future anti-gun administration does not target pistol-braced firearms again using the archaic and unconstitutional NFA.”
As GOA pointed out in the alert, this isn’t only about the unconstitutional $200 tax Americans have to pay on suppressors, but is also about repealing all of the unconstitutional gun control schemes involved, like registration, waiting periods, fingerprints and more.
“Every day the House Ways and Means Committee does not move these bills, gun owners face archaic restrictions and possible prosecution for exercising their constitutional right to Keep and Bear Arms,” the alert stated. “We must act now. This Congress has the opportunity to be one of, if not the most pro-gun Congress since the ratification of the Second Amendment itself!”
GOA asked that members call the House Ways and Means committee at 202-225-3625 and direct their message to the majority.
“When we flood their office with calls, they will act,” the alert stated. “Congress pays attention when you take time out of your busy day to call them. A phone call to your Member of Congress is the equivalent of 100 people sending them a letter! Even if it’s after hours, leave a message.
“Urge them to move the Hearing Protection Actand theSHORT Act out of committee, as that will ensure that the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is not treated as a second-class right. We need the committee to do everything in its power to make these bills into law and gut the National Firearms Act.”
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