{"id":2617114,"date":"2026-06-22T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-proposes-australia-style-buyback-for-your-suppressor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T11:59:43","slug":"democrat-rep-proposes-australia-style-buyback-for-your-suppressor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-proposes-australia-style-buyback-for-your-suppressor\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Rep Proposes Australia-Style &#8216;Buyback&#8217; for Your Suppressor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-rep-proposes-australia-style-buyback-for-your-suppressor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617114&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic New Jersey Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman reintroduced legislation on June 8 aimed at banning civilian ownership of suppressors (silencers), similar to Australia&#8217;s buyback program. The bill would outlaw new suppressor purchases and authorize the government to buy back existing ones under the National Firearms Act. Watson Coleman claimed suppressors are tools of murder and have no legitimate self-defense use, asserting the legislation would save lives and reflect widespread public support. Conversely, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-rights-economist-disinvited-from-committee-hearing-by-oregon-senate-democrats\/\" title=\"Pro-Gun Rights Economist Disinvited From Committee Hearing by Oregon Senate Democrats\">pro-gun organizations<\/a> like the NSSF argued suppressors are hearing safety devices that reduce noise pollution and hearing damage, not silent killers. Despite the proposed ban, over 6.1 million suppressors are privately owned in the U.S., with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent request processing times<\/a> being efficient. Some lawmakers, such as Senator chris Murphy, have called for increased taxes on suppressors, making them more expensive. The debate centers around balancing gun safety measures with rights to lawful firearm accessories.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman re-introduced legislation on June 8 that would impose an Australia-style \u201cbuyback\u201d for suppressors.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would prohibit civilian ownership of suppressors, while authorizing the attorney general to \u201cbuy back\u201d the suppressors currently privately owned in accordance with the National Firearms Act (NFA). Watson Coleman announced the re-introduction of the measure in a June 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/watsoncoleman.house.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/rep-watson-coleman-reintroduces-gun-safety-legislation-to-outlaw-gun-silencers\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSilencers are not tools of self-defense, they are tools of murder,\u201d Watson Coleman claimed. \u201cThey have no legal application which is why law enforcement officials around the country have been calling for their elimination.<\/p>\n<p>The HEAR Act will save lives and is part of the common sense approach to firearms legislation that polls show has widespread support among voters on both sides of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep. Watson Coleman\u2019s proposed legislation is a non-starter. It is a stark example of favoring a political antigun agenda over true firearm safety,\u201d National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) spokesman Mark Oliva told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuppressors are hearing safety devices. They are unlike what is portrayed in movies. They do not silence firearms but reduce the noise signature to one that will not cause instant and permanent hearing damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reconciliation bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025 contained provisions that reduced the taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and guns described as \u201cany other weapon\u201d to $0 after the Senate parliamentarian struck\u00a0language that removed those items from NFA\u2019s purview.<\/p>\n<p>The NSSF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/articles\/gun-control-congresswoman-wants-to-ban-suppressors-were-not-hearing-it\/\">reported<\/a> that over 6.1 million suppressors are privately-owned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn April 2026 alone, ATF received 127,996 Form 4 applications. Thanks to the diligence of federal agencies including ATF and FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), Individual eForm 4 median processing times are now down to seven days. That\u2019s called evidence of lawful demand,\u201d NSSF said in a Monday blog entry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of suppressors that are in legal hands all over the country undoubtedly makes them in common use for lawful purposes,\u201d Second Amendment Foundation Senior Director of Legal Operations William Sack told the DCNF, adding that it would clearly render suppressors as protected by the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Connecticut Sen. 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