{"id":13951,"date":"2017-02-07T09:38:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T14:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13951"},"modified":"2017-02-07T09:38:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T14:38:14","slug":"surprise-from-atf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13951","title":{"rendered":"Surprise from ATF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The #2 official at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atf.gov\" target=\"_blank\">ATF<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/senior-atf-official-proposes-loosening-gun-regulations\/2017\/02\/06\/beeb1120-ec7c-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">written a proposal<\/a> to reduce gun regulations, including removing silencers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atf.gov\/rules-and-regulations\/national-firearms-act\" target=\"_blank\">NFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t an official position statement by the ATF, just one persons opinion, but it should be helpful in generating support for the <em>Hearing Protection Act of 2017<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>H.R. 367<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now has two local sponsors with <a href=\"http:\/\/zeldin.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Zeldin<\/a> adding his name last week.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D13951&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13951\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13951\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=13951\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #2 official at ATF has written a proposal to reduce gun regulations, including removing silencers from the NFA. It isn&#8217;t an official position statement by the ATF, just one persons opinion, but it should be helpful in generating support for the Hearing Protection Act of 2017, H.R. 367. 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