Are they NOW going to outlaw potatos [the "poor man's silencer"] ...
Posted on 11/16/2011 1:13:04 PM PST by DCBryan1
David Codrea published an article today about an interesting letter one law abiding silencer owner received from the ATF. The silencer owner in question owns an AWC .22lr silencer that uses a material made of tangled copper ropes to slow down the expanding gasses, a material not unlike the common Brillo pad or Chore Boy Pot Scrubber. He wanted to know whether it would be legal to replace the worn out material in his legally owned silencer with some pot scrubber material, an act which seems pretty innocuous to the impartial observer. The ATF, on the other hand…
From the ATF’s reply:
“[S]ound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation, constitute a silencer.
Therefore, it is illegal for an individual to replace deteriorated material within an already- registered suppressor without an approved ATF Form 1, ‘Application to Make and Register a Firearm,’” along with a “$200.00 making tax” and “a ‘no-marking’ variance…since there is no viable area in which to apply a serial number to the sound-absorbing material.”
So if someone wanted to replace the padding in their silencer they’d need to submit two new sets of fingerprint cards, two new photographs, a signature from their local chief law enforcement officer, $200 and a set of newly filled out Form 1 applications and then wait 4 months for a reply. All for an item they already own legally, and at the end of the day they will still have only one NFA item.
But that’s not all. The original letter included a question about the owner of a legally owned silencer having a reserve of such pads. In case, you know, they needed to clean something. According to the ATF that would be considered a “stockpile” and considered an illegal act.
David has the full letter on his site which can be seen here.
Are they NOW going to outlaw potatos [the "poor man's silencer"] ...
Pillows too. We need to consfiscate pillows or arrest anyone caught with one.
Maybe...don’t think “sheep”....
Maybe think “part of the show”... or to put it another way, now they have an excuse to say what is and what isn’t legal regarding that issue.
Was that declaration ever part of the NFA34 firearms code, or GCA68 or any other law?
Or was it something that they just happened to need to clarify, and created a convenient excuse to do so??
After Fast & Furious, I put nothing past this regime. Nothing it too low for them to try.
And two-liter coke bottles.
So let me get this straight. The ATF won’t let me possess a box of Brillo pads, but the ATF will give the Mexican drug cartels assault weapons?
I dug more into the story, and found this ATF letter which....are you ready? Which states that a SHOESTRING can be a MACHINE-GUN.
Ya don’t believe it, right? This one was new to me:
http://jpfo.org/images02/shoestring.jpg
Nice, huh? That is the original letter from the ATF.
This is the new trick in town. Just redefine the language to fit existing laws. No fuss, no muss.
Not to mention baffles in your motorcycle mufflers...
"OMG! It's a double-barreled motorcycle muffler baffle! Run for your lives!"
My dad showed me how to use oven mitts with my Beretta Tomcat .32cal.
Let them prove the material isn’t what came in it.
But the real question is...
Resist you "much"?
Clever...and, as yet, still legal.
I am being temp.....ted, must... re...sist...
SHUT UP!
I’m still waiting for my ATF approval letters for a couple of suppressors. It’s now been the “usual” 4 months. I called the gun shop and they said that the flow of letters from ATF has slowed to a crawl. They’re barely getting any lately... and it’s taking more like 5 months for most of them.
Arrgh.
That’s what he gets for asking permission. He’d have been better off just doing it and keeping his mouth shut. Now he’s awakened the government beast and they are on his scent.
Exactly! Whats more worrisome is that such a rule doesn’t apply to nfa weapons. Its considered maintenance and for restricted parts one only needs the tax stamp.
Suppressed is Best
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