The number of law-abiding citizens with a suppressor-related NFA tax stamp nearly doubled between 2016 and 2019. Figures are not yet available for the record-setting gun sales year of 2020.

The current NFA tax on transfer or making of a silencer of $200 would be stricken. As noted, the June 5 letter opposing the amendment also makes policy arguments.

The $0 tax on firearms undercuts the constitutional basis of the National Firearms Act.

Due to NFA regulation and extended wait times for approval, more of today's consumers are looking for suppressors that can serve multiple purposes, cutting down on the cost of $200 NFA tax stamps ...

It reduced the fee for an NFA tax stamp from $200 to nothing. It's not nothing, but it's pretty darn close.