Post by: Fl0und3rz on October 23, 2015, 11:30:21 AM
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A bill entitled the Hearing Protection Act would remove a $200 tax stamp requirement for gun suppressors, more commonly known as silencers.
Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Arizona, the bill has been endorsed by the American Suppressor Association and National Rifle Association.
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"Instead, (if the bill passes) federal law would treat them as firearms which would allow suppressors to transfer through any regular federal firearms license holders to anyone not prohibited from possessing them after the buyer passes an FBI instant background check."
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/bill_would_remove_tax_on_gun_s.html
Makes sense, so, of course, this will die in committee.
Post by: Special T on October 23, 2015, 11:41:17 AM
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Post by: Fl0und3rz on October 23, 2015, 11:42:39 AM
This might be one area where the law of unintended consequences pays dividends.
Post by: b23 on October 23, 2015, 01:27:59 PM
Post by: Yondering on October 23, 2015, 03:33:38 PM
I wonder if you could then make your own... you can make your own firearms...
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Sounds like it would work that way.
Of course you can build your own now, it just costs the $200 tax like buying one. That means the people (like myself) who do build their own generally put a lot of thought and effort into building something nice; usually a lot of machining involved. No tax stamp or registration would probably mean a lot more .22 suppressors built from PVC pipe and inner tubes. It would probably spur a new market towards cheap disposable suppressors too, like some european countries.
Post by: JimmyHoffa on October 23, 2015, 07:56:43 PM
oil filtersI wonder if you could then make your own... you can make your own firearms...
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Sounds like it would work that way.
Of course you can build your own now, it just costs the $200 tax like buying one. That means the people (like myself) who do build their own generally put a lot of thought and effort into building something nice; usually a lot of machining involved. No tax stamp or registration would probably mean a lot more .22 suppressors built from PVC pipe and inner tubes. It would probably spur a new market towards cheap disposable suppressors too, like some european countries.