Senate Gun, Silencer Provisions Blocked From Trump Tax Bill (1)

Senate Republicans’ effort to use President Donald Trump’s massive tax bill to eliminate regulations on short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers has hit a roadblock with the chamber’s rules-keeper.

The Senate parliamentarian decided the policy provisions violate the fast-track budget rules Republicans are using to avoid a filibuster and pass Trump’s legislative agenda with only GOP support.

The regulations, first enacted in 1934 during the Great Depression to counter organized crime and gang violence, have long been a target of gun rights’ groups like the Gun Owners of America and the National Rifle Association.

Under the GOP plan, ...