“WIN!”
Are you against silencers?
I realize they are NOT “arms” but worry this is a step in wrong direction.
Me, too.
I have sent my emails and made my calls.
All shooters should as well, whether you've gone through the process to own a suppressor or not.
I have a suppressor for my 3 AR-15s, and AR-15 SBR, from back in 2002.
Federal Law disagrees with you.
"Silencers, mufflers, sound and flash suppressors for the articles in (a) through (d) of this category and their specifically designed, modified or adapted components and parts. " are explicitly listed as Category I—Firearms, Close Assault Weapons and Combat Shotguns in Federal Law. "Title 22 → Chapter I → Subchapter M → Part 121" is the legal codification of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
I was arguing that point the other day, that it wasn’t a firearm. My reasoning was that it couldn’t be loaded or fired. Further I stated it was not an item that enhanced a gun’s function other than sound reduction, but I was wrong on that count.
Evidently the silencer disrupts the transition through the sound barrier and allows the projectile to move faster, further, and arguable more true to target.
If this is indeed true, then it is as integral to the gun as any other part that helps it function at optimum.
A screw is not a weapon, but it is part of one. I think the silencer could be considered the same way, only to a much higher level.
I disagree with the court here.
It seems to me the courts bend over backwards to side with the logic of the Left. We must stop that. Wish I knew how.
> I realize they are NOT “arms”
The sure as hell are not alcohol, tobacco or explosives.
Damn the fed gov.