This bill would stop treating firearm silencers (mufflers) like tightly regulated items and treat them like regular gun accessories. It would remove federal registration and licensing rules for silencers under the National Firearms Act and instead rely on the general gun laws that already apply to firearms purchases and possession . It would also wipe out certain federal penalty add-ons tied to having a silencer during a crime . States and cities could not require their own taxes or special marking, recordkeeping, or registration for silencers when they are made, sold, used, or moved in interstate or foreign commerce . The bill also says the Consumer Product Safety Commission would not regulate silencers as consumer products .

Most changes would start on the day the bill becomes law. One part applies backwards: ending the federal silencer transfer tax would also cover transfers that happened in the two years before the law takes effect .

• Who is affected: gun owners, dealers, and makers; people facing federal charges that currently include silencer-related penalty boosts; and states that impose silencer-specific taxes or registration rules in interstate contexts .

Key points:

• What changes: Silencers no longer need federal NFA registration/licensing; certain federal penalty enhancements for silencers are removed; state taxes/registration for silencers in interstate or foreign commerce are preempted; CPSC cannot regulate silencers .
• When: On enactment; the end of the federal transfer tax for silencers also applies to transfers made in the two years before enactment .