Jackpine Savage wrote:

jdege wrote:Remember, the Assault Weapons Ban was passed through reconciliation.

I did not remember that. I do remember standing in Bill's Gun Shop buying a Colt HBAR when one of the houses passed it, I think it was the Senate.

It passed with 56 votes.

Go Home, Mr. Vice President: Senate Clears Key Procedural Vote on Trump Reconciliation Bill Outright The reconciliation package—aka the ‘big, beautiful bill’–was dragged over the finish line in a crucial procedural vote. Vice President JD Vance arrived on the Hill to cast the tiebreaking vote if ne...

While I agree that it has nothing to do with a budget reconciliation bill I don't agree that repealing the NFA tax on silencers and short has nothing to do with budget reconciliation. It is a tax. It was defined as a tax in the statute and has been declared to be a tax by SCOTUS. That the Parliamen...

https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2025/06/19/argentina-expands-gun-rights-lifting-restrictions-semi-automatic-weapons/ Argentina Expands Gun Rights, Lifting Restrictions on Semi-Automatic Weapons President of Argentina Javier Milei signed a decree Wednesday broadening gun rights i...

If they won't have actual metal detectors and x-raying baggage like they do at the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis, it will be security theater. They didn't have metal detectors at HCGC that first year. Remember Susan Berkovitz? https://news.minnesota.publicrad...

I think we should reconsider guns at the capital.

Perhaps it's time to mandate carry at the capital?

I think we should reconsider guns at the capital.

Perhaps it's time to mandate carry at the capital?

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/walz-says-minnesota-should-reconsider-allowing-guns-at-state-capitol-after-shooting/ Walz says Minnesota should reconsider allowing guns at State Capitol after shooting MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday that the Legislature sho...

They explain how removing the tax also removes the reporting requirements.

To wit, the language applies the tax and reporting requirements to firearms.

Their change removes suppressors and SBRs and SBSs from the category of firearms.

From the article: "I think he sincerely believed in the projects that we worked on, that he was acting for the greater good," Kalech told ABC News. "I certainly never got the impression he saw himself as a savior. He just thought of himself as a smart guy who figured out the solution ...

But just to be clear, they're still NFA registered items, it's just that the tax on them is now zero? Yes. Reconciliation is only for budget bills, so only the tax can be changed without requiring 60 votes in the Senate. GOA seems to believe that zeroing out the tax will automatically reduce the re...

https://www.gunowners.org/goa-secures-major-senate-victory-nfa-tax-repeal-advances-in-one-big-beautiful-bill/ GOA Secures Major Senate Victory: NFA Tax Repeal Advances in “One Big Beautiful Bill” GOA Secures Major Senate Victory: NFA Tax Repeal Advances in “One Big Beautiful Bill” FOR I...