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Posted on 12/18/2024 9:45:10 AM PST by marktwain
The number of legal suppressors in the USA is almost certainly over five million. The National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF) revealed a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which was finally answered this summer. The total number was 4.86 million at the end of July 2024. From the NSSF:
In a recent Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA), NSSF received from ATF the additional number of silencers from May 2021 to July 2024. An incredible 2,193,123 more suppressors are protecting the hearing of hunters and shooters. That means a whopping 4.86 million silencers and counting are in possession by law-abiding Americans.
The number of tax stamps issued for silencers, also commonly referred to as suppressors, had to be pried out of the ATF with a FOIA. The ATF has gained a reputation for long waits and poor responses to FOIA requests. Before the Biden administration took power, detailed information on all National Firearms Act items was publicly available in an annual report called Firearms Commerce in the United States. Once the Biden administration took control of the ATF, the annual report was, without notice, discontinued. The ATF would not publish the information. They slowly responded to FOIA requests, which is how the NSSF finally obtained the numbers. The numbers show an accelerating demand for legal silencers, with an average of nearly 60,000 tax stamps being issued each month.
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the NFA and its enforcement should be removed, too
Actually suppressors should be not only legal but encouraged for the sake of hearing loss.
Along with the GCA and subsequent infringements.
Agreed...
It seems that a number of @ 5 MILLION.. pretty much moves them from rare obscure things only in spy movies to “COMMON USE”.
I could easily see making these Required use at all ranges and where ever practical.
I’ve had an Advanced Armaments .223/.556 suppressor since 2002, and it’s a fun time on the range. There are many others there, waiting in-line to have a turn at it.
The National Firearms Act should be removed from the body of United States law.
Apparently the $200 bribe to the gov’t hasn’t been high enough. Can’t believe that’s the only thing that separates me from a felony and jail time over an oil filter screwed on to the end of a barrel.
If they were removed from the NFA, the cost of one would plummet to less than $100 because they are so simple to manufacture.
Finally got my approval after 3 months. Aklys Defense for my 5.56 AR.
Average time now a days is 4 days with some (a buddy) getting approved in 24 hours.
No such thing as a silencer. Just another stupid law made up from movies. Like “cop killer” bullets. Or Teflon bullets (made for the FIb when they demanded lighter weight pistols).
“The only restriction written into the Second Amendment is a restriction on legislating restrictions” L.Star. ALL legislated gun laws are illegal in the eyes of The Constitution and the Bill of rights. PERIOD! one would surmise that any amount of legal training would be sufficient for the understanding of what “Shall Not be INFRINGED” means, legally and otherwise. but no, liars...oops, I meant Lawyers, will do, say, write or post anything and everything that “proves” that virtually ANY law doesn’t mean what you think it means. 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea isn’t even CLOSE to a good start but I’m willing to start there. how about you?
yes, the “whole shooting match” is unconstitutional garbage
I think you’re probably referring to the “KTW” bullets (invented by Kopsch, Turner, and Ward) which had nothing to do with the FBI and everything to do with the inventors’ desire for better penetration of windshields.
At $200 bucks per tax stamp, that’s a cool $600 million into the US Treasury.
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Hiram Maxim, who invented them, called them "silencers," patented them as "silencers," and marketed them as "silencers."
Copied verbatim from the current version of the ATF Form 4
U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Application for Tax Paid Transfer and Registration of Firearm
ATF Form 4 (5320. 4) Revised October 2023
Definitions/Instructions
1. Definitions...
... c. Firearm. The term “firearm” means: (1) a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (2) a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; (3) a rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (4) a weapon made from a rifle if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length; (5) any other weapon as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(e); (6) a machinegun; (7) a muffler or silencer for any firearm whether or not such firearm is included within this definition; and (8) a destructive device.
And lastly, the paperwork that the tax stamp comes affixed to uses the term "silencer." The term "suppressor" is nowhere on the document that shows lawful payment of the tax and ownership of the device.
The odd part is that very few people who own one get this wrapped around the axle about what they're called.
You’re still gonna hear some part of the firearm. The firing pin, the sonic crack, the rack of a slide.
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