STATEMENT: CAP’s Chelsea Parsons on House Committee Vote to Deregulate Gun Silencers

Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources voted to pass the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, a law that includes a dangerous provision aimed at deregulating firearm silencers. Chelsea Parsons, vice president of Guns and Crime Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement in response:

The National Rifle Association has successfully hijacked a bill intended to address issues...