So overall I'm strongly neutral about it.# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use # available at: # If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at # Copyright 1997-2018, American Registry for Internet Numbers, Ltd. Overall, this is a very new bill (introduced hours ago) and it seems very narrowly tailored to silencers and therefore not consequential to anything else, except maybe DOJ operations (and that part could be amended so as not to curb active DOJ cases).
I'd be a bit worried that this bill might impede already-active DOJ investigations or evidence in criminal cases, but if that doesn't happen then I don't really have any worries about it.
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On the second point, I'm not sure why the DOJ would need to destroy such records (maybe they could just edit them?), but that sort of clause might just be a typical administrative action so I'm not sure how to feel about it. I'm pretty neutral on the first and third points, and I don't really see how changing the classification of a silencer really affects gun ownership or the gun control debate. Revises definition of silencer and muffler Orders the DOJ to destroy records relating to registration, transfer, or making of a silencer Removes silencers from the definition of firearm Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.īased on the bill summary provided by Congress, this bill does three things:
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. I’m all for them having the same buying process as a rifle, but having them be an NFA item doesn’t make sense to me. Suppressors only lower rifles to hearing safe levels (they’re still loud just not permanent hearing damage loud) and have the potential to prevent a lot of hearing damage for hunters especially youth hunters. I’m not looking to get into a gun control debate, but I’m genuinely curious why there’s pushback against these bills. Currently it can take over a year to get a suppressor and owning one has lots of technicalities while also being quite expensive.
The following is a copy of the original post to record the post as it was originally written.įor those that don’t know the main purpose of these acts is to move suppressors from being registered under the NFA (national firearms act) and to make them more accessible for the average citizen.
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