Leading the Fight for Suppressor Freedom
The American Suppressor Association was founded on a simple idea: every law-abiding American should be able to use a suppressor to protect their hearing.
When ASA formed in 2011, suppressors were legal to own in just 39 states, and only 22 allowed their use while hunting. In our minds, that wasn’t good enough. Rather than accept the status quo, we set out to change it.
Since 2011, ASA has lobbied in statehouses across the country, testified before dozens of legislative bodies, hosted suppressor demonstrations for lawmakers, media, and the public, and funded research on the benefits of suppressors. Through our No State Left Behind campaign, we pursue legislation, and now litigation, in every state that does not yet allow suppressor ownership or hunting. What started as a state-by-state campaign has grown into a nationwide effort to challenge outdated laws, eliminate unnecessary restrictions, and protect suppressor owners.
Today, suppressors are legal to own in 42 states
and legal to hunt with in 41
ASA Track Record
States opened to suppressor hunting
States legalized suppressor ownership
Iowa, Minnesota, and Vermont
State suppressor bans defeated
Virginia (2020 and 2023) and New Mexico (2023)
States and territories where ASA has actively lobbied for reform
Federal lawsuits challenging the NFA and state-level suppressor bans
Federal tax on suppressors
The $200 tax was eliminated January 1, 2026
A landmark federal court ruling. On August 5, 2026, a federal court in Texas held in the ASA-backed case Jensen v. ATF, that the NFA’s registration and approval requirements can no longer be enforced on suppressors once the tax is $0. We are proud to have fought this case alongside our allies at the NRA, Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Silencer Shop Foundation.
The Fight Continues
ASA continues to fight on every front: protecting suppressor ownership where it is under attack, legalizing it in the eight states that still ban it, removing NFA registration requirements from the 15 state laws that still reference them, advancing federal reform in Congress, and challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act in court.
We’ve made tremendous progress. But until suppressors are legal in all 50 states and fully removed from the NFA, our mission remains unfinished.