The Hearing Protection Act has been attached to the SHARE act, which is a sportsman’s omnibus bill, and what a glorious omnibus it is. Of the important things the
SHARE act does:
- Eliminates the sporting purposes language from GCA ’68 and the law on armor piercing ammunition.
- Creates a blanket exception for shotguns to prevent arbitrary reclassification as destructive devices.
- Moves silencers/suppressors from Title II to Title I (no longer an NFA item).
- Preempts states from playing games to discourage silencers but does not outright prevent states from banning them. (limited preemption)
- Enhances the FOPA language to include travel by means other than vehicles.
- Creates remedies against states that violate the safe travel provisions, including a cause of action and attorneys fees.
- A bunch of hunting related shit I don’t really care about.