WASHINGTON, D.C. – On June 16th, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) reintroduced the Hearing Protection Act (HPA) in the 117th Congress. The Senate companion bill to Rep. Jeff Duncan’s (R-SC-03) H.R. 95, this legislation seeks to remove suppressors from the National Firearms Act (NFA), making it easier for law-abiding citizens to protect their hearing while exercising their Second Amendment rights.
Originally introduced in the Senate by Sen. Crapo in 2015, the Hearing Protection Act has garnered national attention for nearly six years. However, this year marks the first time that the HPA will be introduced into a unilaterally Democrat-controlled Congress. With anti-suppressor legislators now in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, the path to passage of the HPA is now exponentially harder than it was before. Regardless of who holds power in DC, the American Suppressor Association (ASA) will not stop working until suppressors are no longer in the NFA.
“The scientific consensus is in: suppressors help protect hearing,” said Knox Williams, President and Executive Director of the American Suppressor Association. “That’s why the CDC, NIOSH, and the National Hearing Conservation Association all recommend suppressors as a tool to help mitigate preventable hearing damage..."
Read the complete press release HERE.
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