No. Unless the Senate nukes the legislative* filibuster (which you do NOT want!!), the Democrats can/will filibuster the HPA unless it's part of some broader deal.
Democrats are now following the GOP's playbook from the last 8 years of opposing everything the majority party wants unless bought off or otherwise politically compelled to cave. With Trump's approval rating in strongly-negative territory, no speech he gives is going to change that dynamic.
* I note an assertion above that, because the NFA involves tax stamps, removal of silencers from the NFA might be treated as a tax measure, and therefore might be able to dodge the legislative filibuster through the budget reconciliation process. I don't know enough to opine on whether that is accurate or realistic. But that's an interesting notion.
Of course, that could be a double-edged sword. If silencers can be removed from the NFA by reconciliation with a GOP majority, then perhaps semi-automatic firearms could be added to the NFA by reconciliation with a Democrat majority.
Democrats are now following the GOP's playbook from the last 8 years of opposing everything the majority party wants unless bought off or otherwise politically compelled to cave. With Trump's approval rating in strongly-negative territory, no speech he gives is going to change that dynamic.
* I note an assertion above that, because the NFA involves tax stamps, removal of silencers from the NFA might be treated as a tax measure, and therefore might be able to dodge the legislative filibuster through the budget reconciliation process. I don't know enough to opine on whether that is accurate or realistic. But that's an interesting notion.
Of course, that could be a double-edged sword. If silencers can be removed from the NFA by reconciliation with a GOP majority, then perhaps semi-automatic firearms could be added to the NFA by reconciliation with a Democrat majority.
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