TheOtherOne
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Okay so my title is a bit out there but it's still a serious question. After reading a post in another forum here and then searching around and finding all the different things that can be successfully used as suppressors, I had some questions about what a silencer/suppressor really was. I found the definition:
18 U.S.C. section 921(a) (24) The terms ''firearm silencer'' and ''firearm muffler'' mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
Now, one of these will diminish the report of a portable firearm and I know it's illegal to even have one in your possession (without proper tax, paperwork, approval etc.). Whether you use it on a gun or not, you'll still go to prison for having one.
One of these will also diminish the report of a portable firearm, but can it really be illegal to have one of them?
18 U.S.C. section 921(a) (24) The terms ''firearm silencer'' and ''firearm muffler'' mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
Now, one of these will diminish the report of a portable firearm and I know it's illegal to even have one in your possession (without proper tax, paperwork, approval etc.). Whether you use it on a gun or not, you'll still go to prison for having one.
One of these will also diminish the report of a portable firearm, but can it really be illegal to have one of them?