This is about a muzzleloader with a built-in suppressor, although I’m pretty sure any other muzzleloader, be it a musket, rifle, single-shot pistol or revolver, also scare her.
From her report:
“Cue the .50 caliber muzzleloader, which delivers a particularly lethal .50 caliber round. This weapon is designed with a built-in device to suppress its sound. If any other firearm were built with such a device, it would be subject to the NFA as a silencer. But since this device is designed to suppress the sound of something that is exempt from federal firearms laws, it is not considered a silencer and not subject to the NFA. In fact, it is not subject to any laws at all and can be bought online.”
It’s fun reading about all the other scary things in the report, too.
Sorry. Forgot the link to her report:
https://giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Giffords-Lethal-and-Legal-1.pdf