Ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, and possession of gun silencers or suppressors.

Bonnie Watson Coleman · New Jersey · Democratic

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reintroduced the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, federal gun safety legislation to ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer and possession of gun silencers or suppressors.

Watson Coleman reintroduced the HEAR Act to prohibit gun silencers and suppressors under federal law.

Rep. Watson Coleman Reintroduces Gun Safety Legislation to Outlaw Gun Silencers
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Rep. Watson Coleman Reintroduces Gun Safety Legislation to Outlaw Gun Silencers

The member says she is reintroducing gun safety legislation to outlaw gun silencers.

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H.R.9208 Sponsored — To regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers.

Sponsored legislation to regulate firearm silencers and mufflers.

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Evidence

Congress.gov lists H.R.1 as having 'Latest Action: 07/04/2025 Became Public Law No: 119-21,' and a text search on the bill page found no 'suppressor' or 'silencer' language.

The major reconciliation law became law, but the official bill text page does not show a suppressor ban provision.

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Text - H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
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The current U.S. Code text for 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a)(7) defines a 'firearm' to include 'any silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code),' confirming suppressors remain federally regulated rather than banned.

Current federal law still treats silencers as regulated NFA firearms.

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26 U.S.C. § 5845
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The claim is not supported by the evidence. The cited reconciliation law became Public Law No. 119-21, but the official bill text does not contain a suppressor or silencer ban, and current federal law still defines silencers as regulated NFA firearms rather than prohibited items. There is no indication that Bonnie Watson Coleman delivered this outcome or materially advanced a ban that was enacted later.

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