Silencer Facts

[JWGuns]

Found this blog on the SilencerCO website and thought some of you might enjoy it:

http://www.silencerco.com/infographic-silencer-facts/

I think it's interesting that in the last 3 years silencer ownership in the US has doubled.

 

[OrbitalEllipses]

Suppressors need to get out of the purview of the NFA. Outside of shits and giggles they're next to useless at the range - everybody ought to own and use 'em and they should marketed as safety devices.

 

[tkd4life]

Suppressors need to get out of the purview of the NFA. Outside of shits and giggles they're next to useless at the range - everybody ought to own and use 'em and they should marketed as safety devices.

+1 on this. Why they are so heavily regulated I have no clue. They should be actually encouraged as a great way to cut back on noise pollution.

I really wonder, how many homicides are committed in this country with suppressed weapons.

 

[SWO Daddy]

Suppressors need to get out of the purview of the NFA. Outside of shits and giggles they're next to useless at the range - everybody ought to own and use 'em and they should marketed as safety devices.

What's funny is that in most countries outside the US they're available off the shelf and, in many circumstances, compulsory.

 

[JWGuns]

I really wonder, how many homicides are committed in this country with suppressed weapons.

I agree. Probably 1 - None.

 

[Alphabrew]

Only hired assassins and secret agents need suppressors. Jeez, don't you guys rely on mainstream TV to form your opinions?

 

[IMBLITZVT]

Seeing that 2A protects firearms, I think if anything suppressors should be left in and everything else should come out of the NFA. It may actually be constitutional to regulate suppressors. I would still say no, but a much better case than regulating MGs where military weapons are the very reason for 2A...

 

[hooligan82]

+1 on this. Why they are so heavily regulated I have no clue. They should be actually encouraged as a great way to cut back on noise pollution.

I really wonder, how many homicides are committed in this country with suppressed weapons.

My understanding is that they were commonly used by poachers and that's why they were made NFA.

 

[JWGuns]

My understanding is that they were commonly used poachers and that's why they were made NFA.

I believe that, just read an article today about the white rhino, reading: "Organized crime syndicates are using military-grade helicopters, night-vision equipment and guns fitted with silencers, taking rhino poaching to a whole new level..."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/us/san-diego-white-rhino-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

 

[hooligan82]

I believe that, just read an article today about the white rhino, reading: "Organized crime syndicates are using military-grade helicopters, night-vision equipment and guns fitted with silencers, taking rhino poaching to a whole new level..."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/us/san-diego-white-rhino-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

That's pretty wild.

 

[swinokur]

From my limited reading, poaching was frequently a way for people to eat during the Depression. Hence they werer included in the NFA of 1934.

I don't know the accuracy of what I read however.

 

[Alphabrew]

From my limited reading, poaching was frequently a way for people to eat during the Depression. Hence they werer included in the NFA of 1934.

I don't know the accuracy of what I read however.

Sounds fishy. Did lots of sporting firearms have threaded barrels back then? Or were guys using some primitive homemade contraption on their hunting rifles?

 

[hooligan82]

Sounds fishy. Did lots of sporting firearms have threaded barrels back then? Or were guys using some primitive homemade contraption on their hunting rifles?

There is an adapter that came with the suppressor that fits on the end of the barrel. There is a pdf of the sales brochure for the maxim exhaust silencer in this link.
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/accessories/maxim-silencer/

 

[swinokur]

Not too fishy then.

 

[SWO Daddy]

My understanding is that they were commonly used by poachers and that's why they were made NFA.

Legend is that the original language of the bill covered SBRs, SBSs, AOWs, MGs, DDs, and pistols. At some point in the negotiation process, pistols were replaced with silencers.

Think about how different things would be today if the NFA covered pistols.

 

[Alphabrew]

There is an adapter that came with the suppressor that fits on the end of the barrel. There is a pdf of the sales brochure for the maxim exhaust silencer in this link.
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/accessories/maxim-silencer/

Lol, that's pretty cool

 

[swinokur]

This is from the Silencerco Web site.

After many cases involving gun silencers in criminal activity (such as poaching, mob crimes, and robberies), law enforcement agencies started looking at ways to ban silencers. At the same time, mobs were using machine guns and hand grenades in their escapades, which drew even more attention to the need to ban certain items. Then U.S. Attorney General, Homer S. Cummings, recognized that firearms could not be banned outright under the second amendment, so he proposed restrictive regulation in the form of an expensive tax and Federal registration. Short barreled rifles and short barrel shotguns were also regulated by this act of congress since the ability to easily conceal them made law enforcement agencies nervous.
In 1934, the National Firearms Act was approved and passed by Congress, and the expensive tax of $200 was set on any legal purchase of the certain items listed in the bill. At that time, $200 was far more expensive than any item that was purchased, making it almost impossible for a citizen with an average income to acquire.

http://www.silencerco.com/history/

 

[hooligan82]

Legend is that the original language of the bill covered SBRs, SBSs, AOWs, MGs, DDs, and pistols. At some point in the negotiation process, pistols were replaced with silencers.

Think about how different things would be today if the NFA covered pistols.

It's a shame SBRs and SBSs didn't make it out as well. I can't imagine going through the nfa process for handguns.

 

[mark71211]

I believe that, just read an article today about the white rhino, reading: "Organized crime syndicates are using military-grade helicopters, night-vision equipment and guns fitted with silencers, taking rhino poaching to a whole new level..."

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/us/san-diego-white-rhino-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

Why use silencers when their shooting from a helicopter??

 

[Fox123]

Stealth chopper.