BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects challenges to silencer laws.

CNN ^ | 6/10/2019 | Ariane de Vogue

[from occupied ga]

WIN

WTF? Maybe a win for the Democrats. Not a win for anyone who believes in the "shall not be infringed" part

[Reno89519]

Not surprised. Trump questioned silencers and the only person in congress that notably backs them, Cornyn, only does so when he needs to raise money for re-election. Otherwise and overall, I see little or no political support for repealing the ban. I’d love to have one on all of my guns, they are an accessory and the lack of one does not affect my 2nd amendment right. Kind of like bump stocks, though I would never have spent money on one should they have remained legal. What I find more important is seeking nationwide parity on my 2nd amendment rights. Why should they be trampled on five miles from my house if I cross into California, which is still part of the same US and still bound, supposedly, by the same constitution?

[kabar]

The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request to take up a challenge to a federal law requiring the registration of some firearms including silencers.

I wonder how long that federal law has been on the books.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

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[bk1000]

What about bump stocks? They’re just accessories.

[kabar]

Shane Cox owned an army surplus store in Kansas where he sold unregistered homemade silencers and Jeremy Kettler bought one of them. They were convicted under the National Firearms Act, passed in 1934, which requires individuals to register silencers and to pay a federal tax of about $200. The law has the effect of limiting the number of silencers, but not banning them. It also makes it harder to transfer them.

Eight states and Washington, DC, go further and ban silencers altogether, others ban them unless registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

[rlmorel]

FWIW, I think in reading it initially it is easy to get turned around on it. People do love a good pig pile, though...

[smokingfrog]

"a silencer is not a "bearable" arm protected by the Constitution"

So why are they regulated by the ATF? They don't seem to fall into the alcohol or tobacco category.

[precisionshootist]

The courts are a lost cause including the supreme court. We are wasting our time and more importantly setting ourselves up for defeat by believing we just need the right judges on the court. No we need courts that are accountable. We have fallen for the notion that scotus has the last word on everything. Thats horsepuckey.

[SauronOfMordor]

It’s not the right time to hear it. We need one more conservative on the SC.

[Buckeye McFrog]

That first line is “If you choose not to decide”, etc.

Thanks. It has been 40 years. And there were...umm, distractions. ;)

[RatRipper]

Of course this “miscarriage of justice” can be corrected by passing a law by requiring the shooter to shout “BANG” when they discharge the gun. . . . / sarc

A little ridicule appears in order . . . then the court can interpret the law to require a knife-bearing assailant to shout “BANG” each time they stab their victim . . . . / more ridicule and sarcasm

[arthurus]

This might imply that individual parts of guns are not in themselves “bearable arms” and can be banned. A peripheral infringement accepted can always be stretched and stretched very far. Let’s see how far this takes us.

[Puppage]

In CT, in order to get a silencer, you need approval from the Chief of Police first. Then, you're interviewed by the ATF. Then you pay the tax stamp. After that, approval in hand off to the gun store you go.

You're not done yet, ooooh no. You pay up front for the silencer. Then the wait begins....roughly 6-9 months. I know this as fact because a good friend went through it.

A year later he wanted to get another silencer for another gun. You'd think he'd be able to whiz right through because of previous approval. Nope, ya start from scratch.

[bigbob]

I agree, although as an NRA member and strong 2A advocate, I also think we have a Constitution and Bill of Rights for a reason, and if it’s wrong for the libs to twist them into justifying bizarre interpretations then it’s wrong for us do to so as well. Lots of things are banned or regulated by federal law, and “firearm accessories” can be as well, since they are not “arms”.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I wonder how long that federal law has been on the books.

85 years.

[firebrand]

Blue ribbon.

[so_real]

The challenge then is to build the better mouse-trap. In this case, build the quieter firearm. If the design of the firearm itself suppresses the noise level a few decibels, it will be appreciated by all shooters.

[cdcdawg]

extra high capacity assault weapon clip silencers??

They don’t “silence” anything. They do “suppress”, more or less.

[PROCON]

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