This issue is finally coming to a head. There is no logic or reason that gun mufflers should not be available in the local hardware store for $75, as they are in Finland.
The Supreme court in Finland ruled that it was a constitutional right to be able to construct, sell, or trade silencers.
You know we have a real problem when most European nations have less restrictive gun laws in this area than the United States.
Suppressed weapons would be quieter, removing this complaint.
I was once in a position where I had to fire a .45 inside a closed room. No hearing protection. It hurts like being hit in the head with a stick.
I'm for removing all laws dealing with supressors.
/johnny
I’ve ordered and received my extra barrel for my Beretta Model 87....I’m waiting on the back ordered slide.
When I have both, they get shipped off to get the barrel threaded. I then start the process for getting the silencer....I’m expecting at least a 1 year wait...
Back before they messed things up lots of folks used them so they wouldn’t annoy others around them. In some places they were required.
Silencers are legal in Europe. Go figure, we have draconian laws about them and they freely hunt with them.
P.S.
We have the NRA to thank for the 1934 NFA law that did this to us. They are proud to admit they backed the law, helped write it, and got it through Congress. Only recently did the NRA even support the idea of the Second Amendment. Prior to just recently, the NRA only backed guns “for sporting purposes”.
Small correction to your post. It’s the 1934 NFA. You’re thinking of the 1932 Uniform Machine Gun Act which has been repealed or struck down as Unconstitutional in every state it was enacted in except Virginia.
Sound suppressors, silencers being a misnomer, are also the most effective muzzle brake available, if properly constructed, they have a significant positive impact on accuracy, especially over longer range.
There is no reason to have sound suppressors on the NFA. They need to be removed as do AOWs, SBR’s and SBS’s.
A handful is not most. That's a totally inaccurate statement. The UK, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden etc, all have more restrictive gun laws than the USA.