The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns.
Truth be told, I hope the democrats don’t waste energy fighting this. Their effort would be much better spent on fighting the tax policies. Suppressors and short barrelled rifles (SBRs) are pretty easy to get if you don’t care about doing things legally. The $200 tax stamp and paperwork mostly serve to make law abiding gun owners’ lives more cumbersome. In the 30s, a $200 fee was basically a ban, these days it’s less than the suppressor itself. Hell America is actually pretty unique in restricting suppressors. They’re legal in many parts of the world because they have more sporting value than criminal value.
Hell America is actually pretty unique in restricting suppressors.
That is not accurate as firearm suppressors are regulated in Spain, Russia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Cypress, Belarus and the Benelux countries to name a few.
Yeah true. I didn’t verify that. I know there are several countries with large restrictions on guns but little to no restrictions on suppressors, though. For shooting range or hunting applications, a suppressor is basically a heating safety device.
Truth be told, I hope the democrats don’t waste energy fighting this. Their effort would be much better spent on fighting the tax policies. Suppressors and short barrelled rifles (SBRs) are pretty easy to get if you don’t care about doing things legally. The $200 tax stamp and paperwork mostly serve to make law abiding gun owners’ lives more cumbersome. In the 30s, a $200 fee was basically a ban, these days it’s less than the suppressor itself. Hell America is actually pretty unique in restricting suppressors. They’re legal in many parts of the world because they have more sporting value than criminal value.
That is not accurate as firearm suppressors are regulated in Spain, Russia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Cypress, Belarus and the Benelux countries to name a few.
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Yeah true. I didn’t verify that. I know there are several countries with large restrictions on guns but little to no restrictions on suppressors, though. For shooting range or hunting applications, a suppressor is basically a heating safety device.