October 13, 2017 – A new report by McClatchy finds that despite plummeting support for the gun lobby’s dangerous agenda, the House GOP is looking to quietly advance a bill that would roll back an 80-year-old law that carefully regulates the sale of gun silencers. The news comes as recent polls by NPR/Ipsos, Pew Research Center, POLITICO/Morning Consult and Huffington Post/YouGov show a solid majority of Americans favor reasonable policy proposals that limit access to guns to dangerous people and oppose the gun lobby’s dangerous agenda, including the deregulation of silencers.
“Just days after the worst shooting in modern American history, it’s absolutely astounding that our nation’s elected leaders would seriously consider how we can make the next mass shooting easier,” said Peter Ambler, Executive Director, Americans for Responsible Solutions. “The will of the American electorate could not be clearer: voters want their elected leaders to reject dangerous legislation, like the deregulation of silencers and federally mandated concealed carry, and to instead pass laws that protect our rights and our communities from gun violence. Our leaders must summon the courage to make our communities safer from gun violence and reject the deregulation of silencers, not cower in fear to the corporate gun lobby.”
Earlier this year, a Public Policy Polling survey conducted on behalf of Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC illustrated a disconnect between the views of gun owners and the priorities being pushed by the gun lobby. Key federal legislative priorities named by the NRA, including federally mandated concealed carry, deregulatin...