The American Suppressor Association (ASA) isn’t letting up.
In a jam-packed June update, ASA President Knox Williams laid out exactly how President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill just cracked open the door for a full-on assault against the National Firearms Act (NFA) — and why the fight’s not even close to over.
Big Win, Bigger Next Steps
On July 4th, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law. Starting January 1st, the $200 tax stamp for suppressors, short-barreled shotguns, and other NFA items will disappear.
Williams says that alone yanks $200 million a year out of the government’s hands — and out of your wallet.
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But ASA didn’t just want the tax gone. They wanted suppressors completely deleted from the NFA’s registry.
They almost pulled it off — the House passed it, thanks in large part to Rep. Andrew Clyde’s push — but the Senate parliamentarian blocked the full removal, ruling it didn’t meet the strict budget-only rules for reconciliation.
Williams called her ruling “inexcusable” and “factually inaccurate.”
The Inside Baseball
Williams didn’t hold back. He explained exactly how ASA and its allies built the repeal language, fought to prove it was budget-relevant (the NFA is just a tax, after all), and got a majority on board.
But with Senate leadership unwilling to fire the parliamentarian or override her decision, they played it smart: keep the tax kill and set up the next move.
“Dropping the tax to zero blows up the NFA’s justification,” Williams said. Without a tax, the registry stands on thin constitutional ice.
Next step? ASA is teaming up with the Firearms Policy Coalition, NRA, and Second Amendment Foundation to launch a federal lawsuit targeting what’s left of the NFA’s suppressor rules.
Details are coming soon.
Meanwhile, on Guam…
While the Capitol fight raged, ASA also racked up progress in America’s territories. Guam’s legislature passed the Hearing Protection Act of 2025 to legalize suppressors by an 11-4 vote.
Gov. Guerrero vetoed it (again), but this time Senator William Parkinson says he’s got a veto-proof majority ready to override her when the legislature reconvenes in July.
If that happens, Guam will become the first U.S. territory to let citizens protect their hearing with suppressors. ASA promises to keep members up to speed as that override vote closes in.
The Mission Stays the Same
Fourteen years in, Williams says ASA’s mission hasn’t changed: get suppressors legal in all 50 states — including California — and get them out of the NFA for good.
“Support the companies that support your rights,” Williams said. And if you want to help ASA keep the fight going, head to asamember.com.
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