[lelio]

They wouldn't use a silencer - they're ILLEGAL...
Actually you can put a silencer on your gun out here in WA, you just can't shoot it. I believe you can in Idaho though.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I thought owning one was illegal per federal law.

[coloradan]

Actually you can put a silencer on your gun out here in WA, you just can't shoot it. I believe you can in Idaho though.

If it isn't registered with the BATF with the $200 tax stamp, 10 fingerprints, photo, anal probe, and background check, it's a felony to possess. It's even a felony to possess the *parts* for a silencer, though the BATF has to prove you intended to make a silencer from the parts to a jury. (Which they have done in the past.)

This law is federal - it applies everywhere.