Democrats in Congress are not just trying to stop future suppressor sales. They are trying to criminalize suppressor ownership itself.
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat, has reintroduced the so-called Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2026, better known as the HEAR Act. The bill is being sold to the public as “gun safety” legislation aimed at “silencers,” but the text tells a much more serious story.
This is not simply a sales ban. This is a suppressor confiscation bill.
Watson Coleman’s press release says the HEAR Act would ban the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, and possession of firearm suppressors or silencers. That last word is the key: possession. READ MORE AT: https://www.ammoland.com/2026/06/democrats-hear-act-suppressor-confiscation-bill/?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=SocialSnap