The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Monday released the text of the pending reconciliation bill, and it has some wins for gun rights.

Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) released the text of the mammoth bill this week, with the Senate's site soon crashing afterward. 

However, we have the gun part of it below:

The big takeaway for gun reformers is that the tax and budget policy measure includes both elements of the text of the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act in Section 70436, “Elimination of Tax on Certain Devices Under the National Firearms Act”) provisions that remove the federal NFA taxes on:

• Suppressors (aka Silencers)
• Short-barreled rifles (SBRs)
• Short-barreled shotguns (SBSs)
• Any Other Weapons (AOWs)

The American Suppressor Association issued a cautionary statement about two facets of the current language they are working to clean up:

•  The effective date is listed as "calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date of enactment" -- We are actively working to remove this provision and make the effective date upon POTUS's signature. In the coming days, we will be in touch with any companies in states with Senate Finance Committee members to help us accomplish our goal. 

•  The section that references state statutes does not currently include suppressors (but it does include SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs). We have already flagged this and have been told directly by the Finance Committee that this is a drafting error that will get fixed via manager's amendment.

"The Committee’s proposed amendments will eliminate unconstitutional taxes, restrictions, and red tape on the lawful purchase and possession of popular, constitutionally protected firearms and firearm suppressors, making them more accessible to law-abiding Americans," notes the Firearms Policy Coalition in a statement.

Of course, just having the text released does not make it law. The bill still needs to clear the "Byrd Bath" as well as the Senate as a whole, then have the House agree to the myriad of differences between the proposal and the one they approved last month.

Until then, if you are interested in real gun reform, reach out to the Congressional switchboard for both the House ​​​​​​and Senate and contact your lawmaker to let them know how you feel. 

This isn't over yet by a long shot, folks, so keep those calls and letters coming.