A U.S. congressman from Virginia has introduced federal legislation which seeks to remove firearm suppressors—frequently mis-identified as “silencers”—from the restrictive regulations of the 1934 National Firearms Act, and two major firearms organizations have thrown support behind the measure. H.R. 404, known as the Hearing Protection Act, is sponsored by Republican Rep. Ben Cline. The bill […]

Democrats representing districts in northern Virginia’s Fairfax County, directly across the Potomac River from the District of Columbia, have been pre-filing gun control legislation as the Commonwealth’s legislative session looms. According to FFXNow, State Sen. Adam Ebbin (39th District) is the “chief patron” of a pair of gun control bills, while Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim […]

Colorado lawmakers will be considering a new gun control measure aimed at prohibiting the manufacture, purchase or sale of semiautomatic firearms, including “a gas-operated semiautomatic handgun with a detachable magazine,” reinforcing the notion that Democrats have become the “party of gun prohibition.” According to the Senate Bill 3 bill summary, “The bill prohibits knowingly manufacturing, […]