Posted on 06/17/2022 5:03:57 AM PDT by marktwain
On June 1, 2022, S. 281 was signed by Republican Governor Phil Scott of Vermont. An amendment removing the ban on the use of suppressors for hunting in Vermont was passed as part of the bill, which regulated the hunting of coyotes with dogs.
The bill passed the Vermont House on May 4, 2022. The vote was 89 for, 49 against. At that time, the bill only contained the regulation of coyote hunting with dogs. The final legislation was a compromise on hunting regulation of coyotes and the use of suppressors for hunting.
The amendment to remove the ban on hunting with suppressors was added on 10 May 2022. From the American Suppressor Association:
MONTPELIER, VERMONT – Today, Governor Phil Scott (R-VT) signed S. 281 into law, making Vermont the 41st state to allow the use of suppressors while hunting. The ASA-backed pro-suppressor provision of the bill, championed by Representatives Pat Brennan (R-Chittenden-9-2) and George Till (D-Chittenden-3), was amended into the legislation during the floor debate in the House of Representatives on May 10th. It passed the Senate as amended the very next day. The new law, which carries a two-year sunset provision, will take effect on July 1st.
The bill passed the Vermont Senate on a voice vote on 11 May 2022.
The original bill was an attempt to make hunting coyotes with dogs illegal in Vermont. As part of the compromises made in passing the bill, regulations on hunting coyotes with dogs were required, and the ban on hunting with suppressors was lifted.
The bill will take effect on July 1, 2022. With the reform, Vermont becomes the 41st state to restore the legal ability to hunt with suppressors/silencers.
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Only in Connecticut, of the other 42, is it illegal to hunt with a silencer/suppressor/gun muffler.
I’ll take it. We need to get rid of the NFA and make suppressors a shelf bought item. Right now it takes about 6 months to get a suppressor through the ATF approval process. They are legal in Europe off the shelf.
Back in 2002, I got my Advanced Armament Suppressor in 3mos, and the SBR permit. Recently, I’ve had friends who are still waiting after 10mos.
I use SilencerShop.com as they have a nice eForms single-shot trust and their system is familiar to the ATF so it sails through. SilincerShop.com also publishes the daily wait times. For instance, today’s numbers say it takes between 1 to 143 days and a median 124 days right now. The ATF is processing about 1,250 approvals a day.
I guess the loud bang bang was scaring the snowflakes.
All laws that violate the Constitution are, by default, unconstitutional.
I’m in the process of waiting for the Feds to approve tax stamps for 2 suppressors. Today marks the 90th day for the CGS Hydra-AL wait.
The ATF went digital with their transfers form #4 and they have shortened the tax stamp approval times to 90 days, supposedly. The SilencerShop say they’ve seen the new approvals come in 7 days! The median wait however is running 124 days. Before the digital process it could take 12-14 months!
Still, too damn long, the ATF is an unconstitutional agency, what do you expect?
I expect the 2nd one will take less, I’m currently 60 days waiting for a YHM Titanium Phantom QD for my Let’s Go Brandon FJB inscribed 300 Blackout pistol. This is my next to the bed go to protection tool.
If and when the day comes I need to call it into action, I will appreciate the tactical advantage of being able to hear during and after an encounter with the bad guys. Contrary to what Hollywood says, muffled guns are not whisper quiet, but they are quieter and help you preserve your hearing.
Yes. The health benefits are substantial.
Adding silencers to the NFA was one of the greatest public health blunders of the 20th century.
Good idea.
We brought thru our local FFL, and it was pretty quick, comparatively, back then, as compared to recent years.
I think as long as you use the eForm process of the ATF, you’re probably doing OK, but that single-shot trust is inviting. It reduces the burden of a typical trust while allowing the addition of other people to the trust. Also, the trust is only for a single device, so paperwork is far less and the chances for mistakes nearly removed altogether.
I have a family trust for financial reasons but I went with the single-shot trust this time to try it out. I think I like it so far. Also, Silencer Shop made the trust paperwork free for me (cost was $25 for the trust, real cheap IMHO). I filled out the typical information online and they created the trust, eForm, paid the ATF, submitted, etc.
We’ll see if it results in any savings on the ATF processing time. So far, not too many people have said it does, so the jury is still out on that. The process is much simpler as SilencerShop also has fingerprint kiosks where you submit fingerprints instead of the Sheriff’s office.
I now have my attorney working on a Trust for my two Class III AR-15s, so that when I need to dispose of them, or die, they can safely and legally be transferred.
Are you going to need to redo the tax stamps to place them into a trust? In other words, is that considered a transfer?
If someone wants to pass a good ‘gun law’. Repealing § 922o would be a good start. It could be called the “common sense hearing protection bill”
I think so; my atty will let me know that, if they’re transferred to a family member or to a third party. Either way, I think new fed tax stamps will be required.
Well, at least you have them now.
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