Dear John,
Your calls to the House Ways and Means Committee are making waves. Word is the phones on the committee are being bombarded by hundreds of calls a minute flooding in—and they know why. It’s the voice of thousands upon thousands of gun owners, asking for the repressive boot of tyranny to be lifted from our necks.
But the committee, which oversees taxes, still hasn’t committed to passing the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act. Now is not the time to let up. So even if you have already called, keep applying the pressure in support of these two important bills.
- H.R. 404—The Hearing Protection Act, 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—The SHORT Act, 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.
Other committees are acting. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing and a markup on National Constitutional Carry Reciprocity. The House Veterans Affairs Committee advanced a GOA-backed Second Amendment bill. Why has the Ways and Means committee done absolutely nothing to advance either the HPA or SHORT Acts?
If Republicans in Congress believe that now is NOT the right time to pull suppressors and short-barreled rifles out of the NFA, then when is the RIGHT time? Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House. That’s like the planets aligning. We have a short window of time to get real improvements for our 2A rights. So telling us it’s “not the right time” is saying they are NOT committed to preserving and protecting the Second Amendment.
And of course, Nancy Pelosi never missed an opportunity to vote on a so-called “assault weapons” ban when she was Speaker—even though it never made it through the Senate. There is no excuse for not advancing pro-gun legislation right now in the House of Representatives.
As Representative Eric Burlison said: “The worst part of the NFA is not the tax. It is the database. The surveillance. The government file with your name, fingerprints, and serial numbers. This is not liberty. It is tyranny in disguise.”
So please call (202) 225-3625 TODAY. You can say something like this:
“Hello, my name is [NAME] and I’m a member of Gun Owners of America and a voter. The Ways and Means Committee must pass H.R. 404 (the Hearing Protection Act) and H.R. 2395 (the SHORT Act) immediately. No compromises, no settling for reduced taxes. Remove suppressors and pistol braces from the NFA entirely so a future Democrat administration doesn’t weapon their power against gun owners like Biden did. Gun Owners of America will be watching your actions closely.”
Every call counts. Show the committee that gun owners won’t back down until our rights are secured.
In Liberty,
