Illinois Suppressor Legislation Needs Your Support This Week

posted on January 10, 2017
** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. **

Illinois Senate Bill 206, which would legalize the possession and use of firearm suppressors, is currently pending consideration this week. This bill needs your support today. 

Firearm suppressors, which are widely used in Europe and currently legal to own in 38 states, offer important benefits. Although they neither “silence” firearms nor see common use among criminals—as movies and the media inaccurately portray—suppressors can reduce muzzle blast to hearing-safe levels, thereby protecting the hearing of hunters and reducing the noise complaints that are often used to try to shut down shooting ranges and hunting lands. In addition, by reducing felt recoil, suppressors can help increase accuracy, reduce “flinch” and make shooting more accessible to beginners, young people and even some milquetoast journalists.


Use Your Power!

To contact your state senator in Springfield today and politely urge him or her to pass the important pro-gun reforms in Senate Bill 206, click here.

Latest

North Carolina Flag
North Carolina Flag

North Carolina Constitutional Carry Update

The North Carolina General Assembly scheduled a veto override vote for January 12, 2026. This could override North Carolina’s Gov. Josh Stein's (D) veto of the Freedom to Carry NC bill.

The Truth About Armed Citizens

Recently, a series of one-sided opinion pieces parading as journalism on the front pages of The Wall Street Journal have attempted to characterize armed citizens as reckless, murderous Americans.

The DOJ Civil Rights Division Gets Busy on Gun Rights

When the U.S. Justice Department announced its Civil Rights Division would take up Second Amendment infringements, many jurisdictions were on notice. Now the DOJ Civil Rights Division has announced it filed a complaint against the Virgin Islands Police Department.

This Way To FREEDOM

As we are caught in the throes of this moment in American history, the things we should be seeing are going by blurry fast or are being ignored altogether by a mainstream media that feeds on the partisan din.

The Trade Association for the Firearms Industry is Calling Out JPMorganChase

The CEO of JPMorganChase, Jamie Dimon, went on Fox News and claimed that JPMorganChase does not debank individuals, associations or corporations for ideological reasons. But the NSSF points out that Dimon has said different things before.



Get the best of America's 1st Freedom delivered to your inbox.