SHUSH Act

2017-06-29

Introduced in Senate

Silencers Help Us Save Hearing Act or the SHUSH Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code: (1) to remove silencers from the list of firearms subject to regulation under the National Firearms Act (NFA), and (2) to specify that a person who lawfully acquires or possesses a silencer under provisions of the federal criminal code meets the registration and licensing requirements of the NFA.

Additionally, the bill amends the federal criminal code:

to preempt state or local laws that tax or regulate firearm silencers,
to exclude a muffler or silencer from the list of firearms subject to regulation,
to eliminate mandatory minimum prison terms for a crime of violence or drug trafficking offense in which a defendant uses or carries a firearm equipped with a silencer, and
to permit active and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed silencer.

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