S.C. Rep. Duncan defends gun silencer bill from New York criticism

Wichita Eagle ^ | March 14, 2017 | DONOVAN HARRELL

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South Carolina GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan defended his proposal to ease restrictions on gun silencers after a New York senator went on a tweet storm to disparage the legislation.

“I’m fighting back against bills (backed by the Trump admin) that’d make it easy for criminals to buy gun silencers,” tweeted Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, with a link to a New York Post story about her comments.

Duncan’s Hearing Protection Act, introduced in January, aims to make gun silencers more easily available to hunters and other gun owners. Under current regulations, silencers face a $200 transfer tax and are classified in the same category as machine guns and explosives. ...

Duncan’s bill would do away with the transfer tax. ...

“I am encouraged that Senator Gillibrand is interested in the Hearing Protection Act and suppressor technology,” said Duncan by email. “Though she seems to be misinformed about suppressors, I look forward to hopefully discussing suppressor usage further and dispelling Hollywood myths. I think once the Senator sees the evidence, she’ll find her fears to be largely unfounded. I hope she’ll be able to join us when we demonstrate suppressors for the members!”

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[Myrddin]

Eliminate the transfer tax and the 6 to 8 month wait for approval. I would buy a Ruger .22LR suppressor for my rabbit rifle and a suitable product for my 300BLK rifles for hunting. I've been reticent to tie up $350 for the Ruger device and $200 more for the ATF tax only to have that money and property sitting fallow in a safe at the dealer for 6 to 8 months. It will be Winter again before the approval would show up, so it would sit in my safe for another 6 months. Very hard to prioritize expenditures with that kind of delay and uncertainty.