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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on National Guard Deployment and Legislative Controversies

Published June 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:20

Why are you suddenly cutting attacks on silencers? Well, there was a, there's a lot of thought and deliberation that went into that as well. The Second Amendment is a critical freedom in the Constitution. And there's no real rationale for silent, for adding taxes on, on these pieces of equipment. And we had the votes to do it. I think it was a long time overdue. I think we have to protect the fundamental freedoms of the American people. (08:20–08:31)

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Asserts that there is no rationale for taxing gun silencers due to Second Amendment rights.

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