hearing protection act

[polydeuces]

Now the hype has died down, where are we ar?
Wondering if this ever will amount to anything.

[polydeuces]

Now the hype has died down, where are we ar?
Wondering if this ever will amount to anything.

[ChrisG19]

Senate bill S.59 is in the Finance committee since Jan 9th.

House bill H.R.367 is in the Judiciary committee since Jan 9th and referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Feb. 6th.

[FlyingHunter]

Updated as of Sept 13th, 2017:

The effort to deregulate of silencers has reached an important milestone: The Hearing Protection Act has made it out of committee, and been incorporated as part of another larger bill. House Resolution 3668 – the Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act – has been introduced to the House floor with a new subsection, Title XV, Hearing Protection. The new subsection provides for the change in classification of silencers from NFA items to standard firearms such as long guns, just like the HPA.

The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) commends the House Committee on Natural Resources for markup and passage of H.R. 3668, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act. Under the successful leadership of Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA), the SHARE Act now moves to the full U.S. House of Representatives.

“Today marks an important step in protecting the Second Amendment freedoms of America’s hunters and sportsmen and strengthening our outdoor heritage,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA-ILA. “The SHARE Act will cut burdensome red tape that restricts millions of hunters and sportsmen.”

The bill secures access to Federal public lands for hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting and includes the Hearing Protection Act (HPA). The HPA is an important safety-oriented aspect of the bill that will help protect the hearing of America’s hunters by eliminating expensive and excessive regulations on suppressors. Other key provisions include:

Securing the future of hunting, fishing, and recreational shooting by increasing access to federal public lands.
Reforming of the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act (FOPA), which protects the lawful, legal transport of unloaded firearms.
Strengthening protections for carrying firearms on land managed by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Removing the undefined and antiquated “sporting purposes test”, which opens the door to arbitrary ammunition bans.
Returning wildlife management of the gray wolf back to states adversely affected by rising populations.

[tb-av]

Hope springs eternal....

We need lots of posters of young children shooting suppressed .22LR

If nothing else we need to do this for the children. If it saves just one child's hearing it's worth it.

Youth Ears Matter