WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Cynthia Lummis issued the following press release:
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) todaycelebrated news that the U.S. Department of Justice will not appealthe ruling inSilencer Shop v. ATF, a decision that bars enforcement of key National Firearms Act (NFA) provisions regulating suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. Moving forward, gun owners will not have to provide fingerprints or complete special paperwork to purchase these widely-owned firearms, and instead will only have to complete the standard background check required for other guns.
"This is a massive Second Amendment victory for gun owners nationwide and it's 90 years in the making,"said Lummis."I pushed hard to zero out the ...