WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is again supporting legislation to increase the prison penalties for "smash-and-grab" thefts from federally licensed firearms and ammunition dealers.
Hyde-Smith this week joined U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in reintroducing the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act
(https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2026-06/S4671%20Federal%20Firearms%20Licensee%20Protection%20Act.pdf)(S.4671) to address the persistent and dangerously high rate of attacks targeting licensed gun dealers.
"Law-abiding citizens who want to own a firearm don't engage in smash-and-grab robberies. It's the criminal element c...