silencers were not part of 1934 NFA, they were added to NFA in 1938.
An interesting claim. I have not been able to find an article substantiating it. The National Firearms Act was passed in 1934, then the Federal Firararms act in 1938.
Could you please cite a source (a link would be great!) that shows that silencers were not in the 1934 law, but were in the 1938 law? My understanding is the 1938 law required Federal Firearms licenses for mailing pistols across state lines, generally.
Thanks.
Firararms should be Firearms
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/National+Firearms+Act+of+1934 is a summary of the original version of the act, it just applies to machine guns and sbr/sbs. it defines a sbr as less than 18”, which was later changed to permit surplussing of M1 carbines and the addition of DD with GCA in 1968. I thought I’d read silencers were added in 1938.