American Suppressor Association Endorses Senate Introduction of the PARTS Act

WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, March thirteenth, 2025, Senator Tim Sheehy (R-MT), joined by seven colleagues within the Senate, launched the ASA-supported Defending Individuals’ Proper to Silence (PARTS) Act as S. 1039. This bipartisan proposal will reform the outdated definition of “firearm silencer” within the Gun Management Act.

“We applaud Senator Sheehy for standing up for the rights of tens of millions of law-abiding gun house owners,” stated Knox Williams, president and government director of the American Suppressor Affiliation. “Nobody ought to must have a regulation diploma to grasp the technical serialization necessities for a easy listening to safety system. Senator Sheehy has finished gun house owners an awesome service by introducing this invoice.”

The PARTS Act is co-sponsored by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Invoice Cassidy (R-LA), Pete Ricketts (NE), Ted Budd (R-NC), Steve Daines (R-MT), Jim Justice (R-WV), and John Cornyn (R-TX). Consultant August Pfluger (R-TX) launched the companion invoice within the Home of Representatives.

Defending Individuals’ Proper to Silence (PARTS) Act Background

PARTS Act refines the definition of a suppressor, narrowing it to cowl full units or a single important part, akin to a body or receiver. This shift eliminates the paradox of broader phrases which have been used previously, akin to “mixture of elements,” which has led to regulatory confusion.

The PARTS Act eliminates pointless paperwork that the ATF requires upon the acquisition of consumable suppressor elements, akin to wipes. This may be just like the method throughout the buy of different non-serialized firearm elements. The PARTS Act will guarantee higher entry to those elements for authorized suppressor house owners.

The invoice additionally addresses and heads off regulatory issues that have been raised in an open letter to the ATF in November 2023, to stop plans to categorise sure suppressor elements as regulated suppressors.

As suppressor wait instances attain historic lows, the PARTS Act will higher be sure that the rising recognition of suppressed taking pictures stays accessible and guarded beneath clear, common sense laws.

This laws intends to guard entry to the marketplace for on a regular basis individuals whereas avoiding the regulatory reversals which have traditionally damage shoppers throughout industries.

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ABOUT THE AMERICAN SUPPRESSOR ASSOCIATION

Based in 2011, the American Suppressor Affiliation has been instrumental in selling the rights of suppressor house owners nationwide, advocating for authorized reform, and educating the general public about the advantages of suppressors. ASA’s profitable campaigns have resulted within the legalization of suppressors in three states, the usage of suppressors whereas looking in 19 states, the defeat of quite a few makes an attempt to impose state stage bans, and the dramatic enhancements to NFA switch instances.