So I was watching a video about a new 9mm AR barrel that is integrally suppressed but dose not use any baffles and is fully rifled all the way down. It seemed to blur the lines between a suppressed firearm and a firearm that is just not as loud to being with. So I was wondering when a suppressor becomes a suppressor.
For instance on average an AR with a 20 inch barrel is not as loud as one with a 16 inch barrel which is not as loud as one with a 10 inch barrel, but no one is saying a longer barrel counts as a suppressor. A lot of things about a firearms design affect how loud the report is so when dose it stop just being part of the firearms design and start being a suppressor?
According to the ATF’s website:
Not that I would want to be the test case, but it was just an interesting question and food for thought. What do you all think? I think regardless the fact it’s being marketed as a suppressor means it will be treated as one whether or not it would be otherwise under the law. But what is the line? Any thoughts?
For instance on average an AR with a 20 inch barrel is not as loud as one with a 16 inch barrel which is not as loud as one with a 10 inch barrel, but no one is saying a longer barrel counts as a suppressor. A lot of things about a firearms design affect how loud the report is so when dose it stop just being part of the firearms design and start being a suppressor?
According to the ATF’s website:
https://youtu.be/XLirwUHkbS8The term “Firearm Silencer” or “Firearm Muffler” means any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for the use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
Not that I would want to be the test case, but it was just an interesting question and food for thought. What do you all think? I think regardless the fact it’s being marketed as a suppressor means it will be treated as one whether or not it would be otherwise under the law. But what is the line? Any thoughts?