Some Great News! It appears that the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) has been added to the pending House Continuing Resolution budget bill! The chances of bill passage are now quite high, and Donald Trump has indicated that he will sign the bill, if it reaches his desk. Once the law is signed, the implications of the HPA are quite far-reaching. Here are some things to ponder:
Under the HPA, suppressors will be removed from the National Firearms Act (NFA), so there will no longer be any $200 transfer taxes. And, presumably, all existing Federal suppressor registration paperwork will be ordered to be destroyed. It will be time for celebration!
Suppressors will be classified as “firearms” under Federal law, and thus the FIRST transfer of any new suppressor would have to go through an FFL, with a background check and filling out a Form 4473. But subsequent private party transfers would be paperwork-free in more than 25 states. (State laws will vary.)
Since suppressors will be classified as “firearms”, that would make it legal to manufacture your own suppressors, just like any other homemade “firearm.” (State laws will vary.)
Most suppressor parts (including baffles, spiral diffusers, wipes, end caps, et cetera) would no longer be regulated parts. There will probably be clarification needed as to which part constitutes the “firearm”. My guess is that it be the thread adapter. (State laws will vary.)
My advice? Start saving your empty soda pop bottles. The heavy-duty green plastic Perrier bottles will be the sought-after “keepers”! Also, look for inexpensive closeout or overstock oil filters and long cylindrical gasoline filters, in quantity. Why those, you ask? Do a search on eBay, for: “1/2-28 to 3/4-16, 13/16-16, 3/4NPT Automotive Threaded Oil Filter Adapter.” – JWR
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On May 22, 334 BC, the Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeated the army of Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
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The War of the Roses began on May 22, 1455.
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May 22, 1859 was the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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