Republicans Sneak Terrifying Gun Law Change Into Trump's Budget Bill

[Celerity]

One Democrat slammed the GOP for helping “assassins” instead of American families.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195611/republicans-sneak-gun-law-change-trump-budget-bill

https://archive.ph/ojSrR



Republicans narrowly passed Donald Trump’s sweeping budget reconciliation bill through the House Wednesday night, including a last-minute provision that would not require gun owners to register the purchase of silencers.

Georgia Representative Andrew Clyde had already ensured the elimination of a $200 transfer tax on gun silencers. But during negotiations Wednesday, he was able to add another provision altogether removing silencers from the regulatory purview of the National Firearms Act, which imposes taxes on the manufacture, distribution, and import of weapons, according to Politico.

The last-minute addition would strike another $200 tax on the manufacture of gun silencers. But by removing silencers from the purview of the National Firearms Act, lawmakers said that the change also had eliminated the NFA’s registration requirement with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.

“The question I have is, this was not in the bill that we were marking up. So, whose vote was bought with this provision that silencers will no longer need to be registered with the ATF or subject to background check purchasers?” asked Colorado Representative Joe Neguse on the House floor Wednesday night.

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[Silent Type]

1. Here's Andrew Clyde's campaign sign. The damn things are all over rural roads in NE Georgia.

My favorite photo of Clyde is him cowering in the corner of the Capitol on January 6th as what he later described as "normal tourists" stormed through the Capitol.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4FtQE2UUAcBAJC?format=jpg&name=medium

[enigmania]

2. They want war.