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PavePusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-11 11:59 AM
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"NRA to make serious push for suppressor (aka 'silencer') law reform?"
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"NRA to make serious push for suppressor (aka 'silencer') law reform?"


"This past summer, Missouri passed a law that, among marking a great many other advances in gun rights, made firearm sound suppressors (popularly, but inaccurately, referred to as "silencers") far easier to legally own. Previously, only those with a federal firearms license (FFL), as is required for gun dealers, could own suppressors in the state. Missourians are still, of course, unfortunately under the thumb of the onerous federal laws regulating suppressors ($200 tax stamp for each suppressor, detailed background check with fingerprints, the legal jeopardy one places oneself in by owning both suppressors and "Chore Boy" pot scrubbers, etc.).

The federal laws regulating suppressors have been in place since 1934, as part of the National Firearms Act (NFA), which also severely restricts fully-automatic firearms, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, etc. Conventional wisdom argues that any attempt to weaken the shackles of the NFA is doomed to failure, and a waste of political capital. Admittedly, it is inevitable that any serious attempt to do so will be met with horrified/outraged shrieks of, "They want kindergarteners to carry silenced Uzis to school!" from the gun prohibitionists."

More at link.


http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-st-louis/nra-to-make-serious-push-for-suppressor-aka-silencer-law-reform



Good. To echo the article, one wonders why the self-proclaimed "gun safety" groups don't actually endorse safety equipment. 'Tis a puzzlement...





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