I thought silencers were against federal law. Wasn’t one of the charges against Randy Weaver that he was going to sell an undercover agent a silencer? Or am I thinking of someone else?
They are not against the law if you pay the government a fee to own one.
Used in the commission of a crime is another matter.
$200 tax, and a form to fill out.
Then you wait and wait and wait for your betters to allow you your 'right.'
I have been waiting for a year and counting on my latest purchase.
Naw, he had allegedly shortened a shotgun barrel just slightly under the limit. Very slightly IIRC.
Silencers are legal if registered + $200 tax.
Weaver was accused of not paying the $200 tax when the cutting of a shotgun barrel a half-inch under the 18” limit. Seems a gov’t agent with ill intent (entrapment) talked him into doing so.