Firearm silencers could soon get deregulated if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cleared the House earlier Thursday, prevails in the Senate. Buried deep in the megabill is a provision that would ...

In a Congress known for backroom deals and legislative sleight of hand, one element of the House GOP’s so-called “big, beautiful bill” hits a new low. Designed as a sweeping budget reconciliation ...

There's a new firearm on the market with an attached silencer that is not covered by federal gun control laws because it's not considered a gun and it's not considered a silencer. The Maxim 50 from ...

Thousands of ads on Facebook and Instagram have promoted “fuel filters” using videos demonstrating how they can be easily modified into gun silencers—a process that, without federal approval, could ...

In 2019, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building. His semiautomatic weapon was fitted with a silencer, making the gunshots sound, to one survivor, “like a nail gun.” ...