"Right. Stop that now. It's silly. Very silly indeed."
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.
"Right. Stop that now. It's silly. Very silly indeed."
In the right hands, a scrubber is a very dangerous weapon.
I suspect a length of copper shielding jacket stripped out of a piece of coax cable would work just as well.
And grenades.
Quick ban copper tubing, you can make a still out of it!!!!!
Quick Ban everything, you can probably make something else out of it that is probably illegal!!!!!!
-PJ
Gun silencers should be legal. Stop the irrational fear of tools, even deadly tools.
What I want is silencers for leaf blowers. Those drive me up the wall.
More proof that BATFAGS are light in the loafers.
Err..., uhh...,hey, that's racist!?....uhh, oh never mind. /sarc>
Scrub the soviet-style BATF!
Don’t forget Waco and Ruby Ridge.
I will NEVER forget Waco or Ruby Ridge. Nor the people who were murdered there.
Nor will I ever forget WHO murdered those American Citizens.
And I made it a mission to educate anyone who will listen as to exactly what happened in those places.
We should all do so...
Shhhh....
What should the punishment be if they remove the tags?
Much we resist....
Sorry, that should read:
Much thwee rethist....
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