silencers

Since 1934 an unlicensed person like me has had to purchase a $200 tax stamp in order to make/buy/register a machine gun, silencer or other NFA firearm. This is one reason why silencers are so expensive in the USA; people want a durable and high quality muffler for their gun. There is a bill...

A bill referred to by some as the Hearing Protection Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367?r=21 No text available yet. It will bring the USA more in line with those other countries which allow unlicensed civilians to use silencers...

Back in 2009 when I was first beginning to push for a change in Washington State law to allow registered silencer use, I contacted the NRA for advice but I never heard back from them. After Washington state law was changed to allow registered silencer use on firearms, I had a chance to talk to...

The rifle range I use is being sued by the county over noise, safety and zoning issues. The club that owns the property asked me to come up with a shooting enclosure to reduce the noise of the high powered rifles used there. I obtained three foam filled steel doors and bolted them together to...

I have been trying to get the WA law banning silencer use changed for the last several years. Part of the problem is that I keep hearing from my Senators and Representatives that silencers are illegal in the United States. To help clear a few things up, I am putting together a video explaining...

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_219222607.html It seems the NYPD responded to a complaint made about a man threatening someone with a weapon. The above link contains a video of this story and a partial transcript. In the video, reporter Brendan Keefe claimed that "silencers are...