Let's be clear about what silencers do: silencers reduce the sound and mask the flash of gunfire.
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Advocates argue that silencers are almost never used in crimes, and that silencers help protect the gun users' hearing.
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If there aren't many crimes involving silencers, they say, that's probably because, happily, the current rules mean there aren't all that many silencers.
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Jeff Duncan of South Carolina was responsible for adding the specific provision on gun silencers and argued that silencers protect hunters from hearing loss.
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The legislation would remove silencers from the National Firearms Act, a law that has successfully regulated the sale of silencers for over 22019 years.
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Renewed interest in deregulating suppressors (also known as "silencers") came last fall after Donald Trump, Jr. met with SilencerCo, a Utah-based company that manufactures silencers.
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Indeed, everyone we talked to wanted to talk about silencers.
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Currently, federal laws are more restrictive for silencers than firearms.
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The deregulation of silencers would only add to the carnage.
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In hateful hands, silencers create serious public safety risks. 3.
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They relied on stealth, many using weapons fitted with silencers.
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Republicans, however, claim sportsmen need silencers to protect their hearing.
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Since then, he was also charged with illegally possessing firearm silencers.
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Sponsors are intent on making silencers more available to firearm enthusiasts as vanity "quiet gun" products to protect a shooter's hearing, despite warnings that readily available silencers pose a heightened threat to public health and safety.
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The charges include unlawful possession of unregistered silencers, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict to and unlawful user of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.
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Republicans say silencers are used primarily by sportsmen to prevent hearing loss.
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A total of 238 firearms and silencers were recovered by A.T.F. agents.
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Ban high-capacity ammunition magazines and accessories like silencers and trigger cranks.
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Ban assault weapons, trigger cranks, silencers, bump stocks and high-capacity magazines.
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Black because we're done being silenced and we're done with the silencers.
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In the hands of an assassin, like Dorner, silencers pose an enormous threat to public safety, and if the gun lobby gets their way, 28503 million silencers could soon flood into our nation's communities without a background check.
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He pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of unregistered silencers, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict to and unlawful user of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.
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"The gun silencers provision of the SHARE Act would make it easier for felons, domestic abusers and people with dangerous mental illnesses to buy gun silencers," Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, wrote on its website.
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The hunt for new revenue streams—like silencers—is now in high-gear.
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Are these silencers like other games where the decreased sound brings decreased damage?
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It's not just major law enforcement officials who are opposed to deregulating silencers.
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Oppose the Hearing Protection Act that would make it easier to buy silencers.
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Overhead, a billboard cycled through ads for silencers and sex drugs and Europe.
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Relaxing the law would allow gun manufacturers to mass market silencers for the first time in 80 years, enabling people to buy silencers without any background check whatsoever – simply by finding an unlicensed seller online or at a gun show.
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H.B. 961 would also ban silencers and magazines that hold more than 12 rounds.
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"The silencers serve one purpose: to murder quietly," prosecutors said in a court filing.
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But Fortier recommends investing an extra point here for the Leg Silencers as well.
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The silencers were coated with gunpowder -- showing that Hasson had used them, Windom said.
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Furthermore, the question refers to these devices as silencers, a term gun lobbyists dispute.
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On Monday, Hillary Clinton talked about the lunacy of allowing easy access to silencers.
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In 2012, the FBI searched Gentile's house and seized five guns, ammunition, and silencers.
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And Shopify doesn't allow the sale of semi-automatics and silencers, among other weapons.
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Currently, silencers are treated akin to heavy weaponry such as machine guns under federal law.
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It also includes combat shotguns, silencers, military scopes, and flash suppressors, as well as parts.
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Four rental cars were used in the killing and two handguns and silencers were seized.
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It's impossible to say what effect silencers would have had if the shooter had them.
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They argued the constitutional right "to keep and bear arms" includes silencers (The Associated Press).
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"When silencers fall into the wrong hands, they can have incredibly dangerous consequences," he said.
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Despite their new popularity, silencers don't appear to be turning up much on the streets.
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They enacted the National Firearms Act, with restrictions on machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and silencers.
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The court turned away appeals from two Kansas men convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers.
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But Republicans defended the measure, saying silencers were used primarily by sportsmen to prevent hearing loss.
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Republican proponents of the legislation say silencers are primarily used by sportsmen to prevent hearing loss.
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Under Duncan's measure, silencers, also known as suppressors, would be removed from the National Firearms Act.
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In a plea agreement in August, Hasson admitted to unlawfully possessing firearms, gun silencers and Tramadol.
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Industry lobbying has led to more than a dozen states legalizing silencers for hunting since 2011.
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The Supreme Court this week rejected a challenge to a federal law requiring the registration of silencers.
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The state of play: Northam wants the legislature to debate bills that include ... A ban on silencers.
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While searching people leaving Baghouz, the SDF has found bombs, suicide vests and gun silencers, he said.
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One key supporter of silencers is Donald Trump, Jr., the President's eldest son and an avid hunter.
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An American Silencer Association-funded study in 2015 tested various silencers on short-barreled AR-20143 rifles.
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Perfect guy to ask, really ... considering he did time for illegal possession of machine guns and silencers.
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Four rental cars were used in the killing and two handguns and silencers were seized, the ministry said.
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Silencers, machine guns and other destructive devices have been regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA) since 1934.
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For over 80 years, we've had strong protections in place to prevent silencers from being used in crimes.
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Shopify has stopped providing its software to merchants who sell semi-automatic firearms and silencers, among other weapons.
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Authorities have not said whether any silencers had been found or were used among the shooters' weapons cache.
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Democrats are voicing opposition to a Republican measure that would ease restrictions on the purchase of gun silencers.
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One measure backed by Donald Trump Jr. would legalize silencers, which have been rigorously controlled since the 1930s.
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Until this week, when a House committee approved a bill making it much easier to buy gun silencers.
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They also found seven rifles; two shotguns; four pistols; two revolvers; and two silencers, one of them assembled.
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Christopher Hasson, 50, pleaded guilty in October to ordering synthetic opioids from Mexico and owning unregistered gun silencers.
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Researchers estimated silencers were involved in 251 to 26 of the 2000,000 federal criminal cases filed each year.
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The younger Trump and other advocates say that silencers would reduce the danger of hearing loss from gunfire.
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"It's about hearing protection," Donald Jr. explained in a video for SilencerCo, a Utah company that makes silencers.
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Spitzer argues that the reason silencers are rarely connected to crimes is because they are so tightly regulated.
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In 2015, the ATF traced traced 125 registered silencers to crime; that was up from 85 in 2014.
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His sentencing follows his arrest last year on a litany of charges ranging from unlawful possession of unregistered silencers to unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number to possession of firearms by an unlawful user of an addict to a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.
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He was arrested in Maryland last February and pleaded guilty in October to four federal charges, including unlawful possession of unregistered silencers, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict to and unlawful user of a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.
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South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan said Monday he expected a vote next week on his proposal to deregulate silencers.
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This week the House of Representatives could pass the "Hearing Protection Act", which rolls back restrictions on gun silencers.
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Supporters point out that silencers don't make guns silent, but it decreases their decibel level and muffles the noise.
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Silencers mask that distinctive sound, making it more difficult to identify shooters, and potentially making shootings even more deadly.
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Regardless, Clinton's comment dovetails with a coming vote in Congress, which would relax the prohibition on silencers for weapons.
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Some gun users say they want silencers to prevent potential hearing damage and reduce noise that bothers others nearby.
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In October, Hasson pleaded guilty to possessing unregistered and unserialized silencers and illegal possession of the opioid painkiller tramadol.
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But given that silencers cost several hundred to over a thousand dollars, earplugs seem like a more efficient solution.
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An affidavit from the investigators said they also found books on building silencers for guns and for building bombs.
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You create a brand new revenue stream to sell silencers, you make sure you can carry a concealed weapon everywhere.
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The vast majority of gun owners — 73 percent, according to a Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC poll — oppose deregulating silencers.
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Duncan's proposal would require people buying gun silencers, also known as suppressors, to undergo a less extensive instant background check.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of cases challenging a federal law requiring the registration of gun silencers.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton cited silencers as a possible advantage for mass shooters in her call for action.
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Wednesday's edition of the Federal Register contains new efficiency standards, fire safety procedures for hospitals and rules for gun silencers.
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Silencers are rarely used in crimes, according to a 213-year study published in 513 by the Western Criminology Review.
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It opposes the NRA-backed concealed carry reciprocity measure and another proposal that would loosen restrictions on buying gun silencers.
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Cox was convicted of possessing an unregistered silencer as well as an unregistered short-barreled rifle and transferring unregistered silencers.
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A House committee was set to consider a bill Wednesday that would make it easier to buy silencers for firearms.
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Sometimes I'd go in guns blazing, but mostly, I'd sneak around, dispatching enemies with silencers, hacking terminals, and ghosting around corners.
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Shouldn't their neighbors buy expensive silencers for their power generators so the women can sleep a bit more peacefully at night?
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Silencers received renewed attention following June's Virginia Beach shooting, in which a gunman killed twelve city employees with a suppressed firearm.
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The Trace reported in 2017 that the ATF had taken action against three companies for selling silencers disguised as solvent traps.
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The shooting also blunted the prospects of a controversial bill to loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers, according to GOP sources.
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Here's what is happening: Guns: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is considering new rules for gun silencers.
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Machine guns, silencers, and other firearms and accessories regulated under the National Firearms Act require fingerprinting and registration with the ATF.
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If the bill succeeds, ending the $200 tax and the vetting period, silencers will be much more available to the public.
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Hillary's tweet on "silencers" is based in abject IGNORANCE--a silencer on an AR-28503 doesn't "silence" & would degrade the barrel.
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Shane Cox owned an army surplus store in Kansas where he sold unregistered homemade silencers and Jeremy Kettler bought one of them.
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Silencers -- or suppressors, as the National Rifle Association likes to brand them -- serve a single purpose: to diminish the sound of gunfire.
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It said you had to pay a $232 tax when you bought machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, and silencers, among others things.
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He's currently facing charges for illegal drug possession, being an addict in possession of a gun, and owning two unregistered gun silencers.
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A follow-up investigation published last week by Kantor and Twohey revealed a network of "enablers, silencers and spies" covering Weinstein's misconduct.
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The poll also found that 73 percent of gun owners support restrictions on silencers, which muffle the sound of a gun shot.
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There is also a push to make silencers easier and less costly to purchase by removing them from the National Firearms Act.
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In July, two men were arrested in connection with a robbery of an Indiana gun store, in which they stole two silencers.
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At the same time, a Republican-sponsored bill would strip back existing regulation of silencers, eliminating all screening beyond a background check.
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Here's the latest: THE BIG STORY Democrats are pushing hard against a Republican proposal to ease restrictions on purchasing gun silencers. Rep.
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Stephen Halbrook, who has sued on behalf of the National Rifle Association, pushed back about claims that silencers will increase gun violence.
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As head of the American Suppressor Association, an industry lobbying group, Williams spends much of his time demonstrating that silencers aren't silent.
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Hasson is charged with illegally possessing firearms silencers, possessing firearms while using or addicted to a controlled substance, and possessing a controlled substance.
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Windom also showed the judge two firearm silencers — one assembled and one not — and two sets of body armor found in Hasson's home.
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And it worked: The proposals to make silencers easier to purchase and to allow for "concealed carry reciprocity" ultimately both failed to pass.
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The White House is currently taking no position on the Hearing Protection Act, which would deregulate gun silencers, according to the Daily Beast.
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The President was asked about a gun bill currently making its way through the House that would loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers.
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That includes canceling a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on a bill that would make it easier for people to buy gun silencers.
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READ MORE: Nike suspends ties with Sharapova after failed drug test RECOMMENDED: Gun silencers, not just for hitmen Japan's embassy declined to comment.
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He was indicted and accused of unlawful possession of improperly registered silencers, narcotics and 17 firearms as a user of a controlled substance.
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Christopher Hasson, 50, was facing a maximum of 31 years in prison for ordering synthetic opioids from Mexico and having unregistered gun silencers.
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Silencers have been tightly regulated since 1934, when Congress restricted access to machine guns, sawed-off shotguns and other weapons used by gangs.
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A search of the man's car found him to be in possession of three knives, nine guns, ammunition, suppressors, brass knuckles and silencers.
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The day of the shooting, House Republicans had scheduled a hearing to move forward legislation backed by the gun lobby that would make it easier for dangerous people to buy firearm silencers by removing silencers from the National Firearms Act, a public safety law which has regulated the sale of the deadliest firearms and gun accessories for nearly a century.
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When he was detained, Bledsoe had in his possession a fake Somali identification card and manuals about how to make bombs and gun silencers.
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Eight states and Washington, DC, go further and ban silencers altogether, others ban them unless registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
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This one a run on silencers: the extensions, so sinister in noir movies, that attach to gun barrels to limit some of the noise.
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One way around this has long been to set up a trust of several people to share their silencers and guns as a group.
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So the rush is on now to buy silencers costing $800 to $1,200 each, with gun shops already stressed to meet the July deadline.
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" Also asked about a pending, controversial gun bill that would loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers, the president repeated, "We'll talk about that later.
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Videos can also no longer provide instructions on converting firearms to automatic or simulated automatic firing, manufacturing firearms, ammunition, silencers, and the aforementioned accessories.
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It also hopes to win approval of a bill that would make it easier for hunters to use sound suppressors, otherwise known as silencers.
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The Washington gun lobby, and the politicians they support, argue that because silencers are rarely used in crime, they no longer need heightened regulation.
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"It is for this reason that silencers are so heavily regulated and why so dangerous if they fall into the wrong hands," he said.
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Bret: Well, how else am I supposed to play at being James Bond if not with a wide selection of silencers to choose from?
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The measure amounts to a marketing favor for the gun industry, which is hoping to increase the sale of silencers as a vanity item.
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The Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act would loosen restrictions on silencers and armor-piercing ammunition, two proposals strongly opposed by gun-control advocates.
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The ATF will issue an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking as it considers whether to establish new marking requirements for firearm silencers and mufflers.
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The ATF issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking Tuesday as it considers whether to establish new marking requirements for firearm silencers and mufflers.
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READ MORE: China, South Korea crack down on North Korea Sales of silencers - or "suppressors," as the industry prefers to call them - are booming.
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On Wednesday, federal prosecutors filed additional charges for unlawful possession of gun silencers (they did not have serial numbers, as is required by law).
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In June, when Congressman Steve Scalise was shot at a baseball practice DC, he was scheduled to appear on the Hill to discuss deregulating silencers.
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Last week, a bill making it less difficult to buy silencers was sent by a congressional committee to the floor of the House of Representatives.
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A Republican effort to make it far easier for people to buy gun silencers appears to have once again been delayed by a tragic shooting.
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Some law enforcement groups have opposed the deregulation of silencers, arguing they increase danger to police by making the source of gunfire harder to trace.
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It included, he said, a ban on silencers and high-capacity ammunition magazines and new powers for local governments to limit guns in city buildings.
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Proponents say it will protect the hearing of hunters, but critics argue these devices are paramount to "silencers" and could be exploited by criminals. Rep.
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And we are committed to opposing new irresponsible laws that would federally mandate concealed carry and make it easier for dangerous people to obtain silencers.
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Gun control groups like Everytown for Gun Safety, however, say the legislation will just make it easier for silencers to fall into the wrong hands.
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Washington (CNN)A bill containing a controversial provision that would make obtaining gun silencers easier passed its first hurdle Wednesday, advancing to the House floor.
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People own more than just pistols and rifles; they also buy machine guns, silencers, and other kinds of weapons designated under the National Firearms Act.
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"Since silencers today are legal, there can be no possible benefit other than a negative undercutting of public safety by making them unregulated," Chipman said.
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Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said silencers muffle the distinctive sounds of a gun and make it more difficult to identify where shots are coming from.
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Among other weapons uncovered were 26 guns, 20 bayonets, 306 gun parts, including silencers and rifle scopes, and more than 800 bullets of various calibers.
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A grifter, Rick Sr. sells guns out of the trunk of his car and makes illegal silencers in the basement of the family's rundown house.
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The authorities in Ghazni Province say the killings of security personnel are usually carried out by young men on motorcycles, often using pistols with silencers.
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He was indicted that month on charges of unlawful possession of silencers, possession of firearms by a drug addict, and possession of a controlled substance.
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Likewise, there is a strong push in Congress — backed by Donald Trump Jr., the president's son — to end longstanding curbs on the purchase of silencers.
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Firearms sellers, eager to cash in on what has become a vanity item, argue that silencers should be regulated no more tightly than gun purchases.
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Assault weapons that are already owned by the public would be regulated under the National Firearms Act, similar to regulations for machine guns and silencers.
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They were convicted under the National Firearms Act, passed in 1934, which requires individuals to register silencers and to pay a federal tax of about $200.
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By and large, these protections have proven effective, but we have seen what happens when silencers are used in crimes and the tragedy that has ensued.
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"If you're a little bit more clever with your crouching, you can get away with a lot of stuff [without relying on Leg Silencers]," he said.
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The bureau seizes around 23,000 weapons each year and also has more than 35,000 firearms, Tasers and silencers in its own inventory, according to the report.
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"Given the lack of criminality associated with silencers, it is reasonable to conclude they should not be viewed as a threat to public safety," he wrote.
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Among the calls for tougher gun restrictions, Hillary Clinton tweeted on Monday to criticize a House bill that would make it easier to purchase gun silencers.
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Following the usual pattern, opponents of gun control attacked her for her "ignorance" about the technology of firearms and what silencers really do or don't do.
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Prince renamed the Blackwater security company and sold it in 2010, but he recently opened a company called Blackwater USA, which sells ammunition, silencers and knives.
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Indeed, he's hoping to soon move a proposal easing restrictions on gun silencers, and another extending the reach of concealed-carry permits to include all states.
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At present, silencers, also known as suppressors, are available only to gun owners who pay a $200 tax and undergo a rigorous nine-month vetting process.
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That's because the standard silencers—sound-absorbing insulation, pricey engineering, aerodynamic tricks, and sheer weight (heavier cars tend to be quieter)—are hard to move down market.
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As ever with America's gun obsession, there is a debate: Gun owners say silencers are health aids that protect their eardrums and shouldn't be limited by government.
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Other bills the NRA is focused on would, among other things, increase public access to silencers, grant concealed carry rights to congress members and make switchblades legal.
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Just before they left, Senators Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, and Mike Crapo, Republican of Idaho, introduced a bill that would eliminate the federal regulation of silencers.
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One bill would relax restrictions on gun silencers, which critics say could make it even harder to figure out where gunfire is coming from during a mass shooting.
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The justices did not comment on why they turned away appeals from two Kansas men who argued their conviction for not registering silencers violated their Second Amendment rights.
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The Emiratis also provided them with better weapons and better equipment, Golan and Gilmore said: C4 explosives, pistols fitted with silencers, and high-end American-made M4 rifles.
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Lawson admitted buying at least 12 guns and five silencers from 2012 to 2016, saying they were for himself when he was actually giving them to Todd Kohlhepp.
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Together, we ask you to stand up to the leadership of the NRA and vote against legislation gutting our gun safety laws regarding silencers and concealed carry reciprocity.
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Among other weapons uncovered in the raids were 26 guns, 20 bayonets, 306 gun parts, including silencers and rifle scopes, and more than 800 bullets of various calibers.
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RECOMMENDED: Gun silencers - not just for Hollywood hitmen The video was taken by Michael David Barrett, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to stalking Andrews and making the video.
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The measure would make it easier to purchase silencers, transport guns across state lines and ease restrictions on armor-piercing bullets The draft bill is sponsored by Rep.
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The State Department official said the agency will also continue to control gun silencers, sound suppressors and mufflers as well as large component parts for fully automatic weapons.
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Chipman, a 85033-year veteran of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said making silencers easier to obtain would endanger police officers and the public. Rep.
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Silencers, otherwise known as suppressors, are among the most highly regulated gun accessories in the US. Under federal law, consumers must apply for a license to purchase them.
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According to one 2007 study, federal courts prosecuted 153 cases involving silencers between 1995 and 2004, and a criminal fired a weapon in only 2 percent of them.
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In the House, they are selling what amounts to a marketing favor for the gun industry, proposing to repeal controls on the sale of gun silencers to civilians.
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The measure would have banned assault weapons and high capacity magazines (more than 12 rounds), trigger activators that are designed to make weapons fire more rapidly, and silencers.
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Like machine guns and hand grenades, silencers were considered a special menace by Congress back in the mob warfare days of the 1930s when tight controls were enacted.
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Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty)As of now, Facebook users under the age of 18 can be served advertisements for firearm holsters, flashlight-mounts, and silencers, and other gun accessories.
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While House Speaker Paul Ryan refrained from bringing a bill to the floor that would have ensured the legality of gun silencers, this was hardly a profile in courage.
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Trump and Republicans have called for laws making it easier for gun owners to purchase "silencers," or sound suppressors, as well as travel with their firearms across state lines.
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In fact, according to Reuters, the GOP is actually preparing to relax existing gun laws such as reducing supervision on the exports of silencers, pistols and other small firearms.
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The American Suppressor Association lobbies against regulations on silencers, like the one legally owned and then used in the attack on a Virginia Beach municipal building that killed 12.
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Police in Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia, two high-crime cities in the eastern U.S., haven't encountered silencers at crime scenes or during investigations, according to spokespeople for the departments.
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In July, the Obama administration will make it more difficult to buy silencers through a legal trust, a method of purchase that allowed one person to share the device.
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And then there are the provisions eliminating all restrictions on the purchase of silencers, eliminating restrictions on armor-piercing bullets, and eliminating restrictions on carrying firearms across state lines.
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In Nevada, state laws allow people to own, buy, or sell machine guns or silencers, as long as they're registered and in line with federal gun laws and regulations.
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In the commercial market place, Sig Sauer has been working to expand its offerings of gun silencers, according to documents filed in a dispute with the ATF in federal court.
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Currently, those who own short-barreled rifles, silencers and machine guns are required to undergo background checks and register their firearms with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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Saudi security forces also seized a large number of sticky bombs, suicide vests, automatic rifles, firearms silencers, ammunition and 600,000 Saudi Riyals (about $160,000 USD), according to the government statement.
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Clinton took to Twitter to offer her condolences to the victims while also criticizing the National Riffle Association for its efforts to make it easier to buy silencers for guns.
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In 2009, he was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $100,300 fine on weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers.
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"Given the lack of criminality associated with silencers, it is reasonable to conclude that they should not be viewed as a threat to public safety necessitating NFA classification," Turk wrote.
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His group, founded in 2011, has helped to persuade 16 states to legalize hunting with silencers and 13 states to pass laws preventing local police chiefs from blocking silencer applications.
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"The proliferation of silencers would introduce a menacing new threat to our nation's communities and our law enforcement professionals," said Sean Simons, deputy press secretary at Americans for Responsible Solutions.
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Because of limited domestic terrorism laws, however, prosecutors could only charge him with being an addict in possession of a gun, owning unregistered gun silencers, and ordering synthetic opioids from Mexico.
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Poised to benefit from the new legislation, Sturm Ruger in the past year has ramped up its offering of silencers, while American Outdoor Brands in July bought suppressor maker Gemini Technologies.
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Federal lawmakers have thus far declined to enact important safety measures; to the contrary, the House recently considered legislation to increase the availability of silencers and permit concealed carry across states.
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The Montana law blocks state and local police departments from receiving certain equipment from the 1033 Program, namely weaponized drones, aircraft configured for combat, grenade launchers, silencers, and militarized armored vehicles.
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Silencers can cost as much as $1,000, and given the fact that there are about 300 million guns in the country available for silencing, we're talking about quite a potential boom.
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"Hasson knew the firearm silencers were not registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and that they did not have serial numbers, as required by law," the statement said.
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Earlier this month, days after a gun silencer was used in the massacre of 12 people in Virginia Beach, President Donald Trump said he was going to "seriously look at" banning silencers.
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A Republican effort to pass legislation making it easier to buy gun silencers — which was delayed after the congressional baseball shooting in June — was delayed once again after the Las Vegas shooting.
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Advocates say they are looking for Trump to help advance legislation making concealed-carry permits valid across state lines, as well as a measure that would loosen requirements for buying gun silencers.
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Silencers can degrade the effectiveness of gunshot detection technology and the ability of bystanders to identify gunshots, both of which law enforcement officials depend on to quickly locate and apprehend a shooter.
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The "Hearing Protection Act," which aims to loosen rules around gun silencers, was added to a broader bill called the "Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act" that passed through committee last month.
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Other aspects of the plan include folding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into the FBI, banning the sale of silencers, outlawing 85033D-printed guns and expanding mental health services.
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Lt. Christopher Hasson was charged with the unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, the possession of narcotics and the possession of 85033 firearms as an unlawful user of a controlled substance.
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Boch wants the Trump administration to work with allies in the Republican-dominated Congress to pass legislation that permits use of silencers, which are currently banned under the 1934 Firearms Control Act.
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In the summer of 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law a measure to bring these and other gangster weapons and equipment, like sawed-off shotguns and silencers, under federal control.
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On Tuesday, congressional Democrats asked their Republican counterparts to establish a special committee to investigate gun violence, and called for them to retract legislation that would deregulate the sale of gun silencers.
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Thompson said other GOP efforts to push legislation that would circumvent state laws on concealed carry permits and allow the purchase of gun silencers over the counter are just as troubling. Rep.
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Democrats on Monday wrote to Ryan asking that he stop from further consideration a bill before the House that would make it easier to buy gun silencers, something that gun control advocates oppose.
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The two Kansas men — Shane Cox and Jeremy Kettler — had separately appealed their convictions to the justices and asked the court to consider if the gun silencers are protected under the Second Amendment.
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These include universal background checks for all gun purchases; barring persons who have committed acts of domestic abuse from acquiring firearms; and maintaining regulations that make it difficult to acquire silencers for firearms.
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And finally consider if the assassin had had silencers in his lethal toolbox, there had been no alert from the 31st floor, and reaction by the crowd of innocent victims had been delayed.
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Yet the very reason silencers were originally subject to registration regulations was because they were used in crimes, and because their chief utility was to conceal gun crimes and illegal hunting with guns.
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House Democratic leaders have called for Mr. Ryan to withdraw the gun silencers bill, and to create a special committee to investigate gun violence in America, which would report back with legislative solutions.
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The Virginia Beach tragedy has sparked interest in making it harder to buy gun silencers — it's frankly not all that easy now, but I don't see any reason they should be available, period.
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The SHARE Act would remove suppressors—also known as silencers—from a list of items regulated by the 193 National Firearms Act, which also includes machine guns, short-barreled rifles, and destructive devices.
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She appeared in "The Silencers" (1966), the first of Dean Martin's Matt Helm films, and "The Spy With a Cold Nose" (1966), a British comedy built around the conceit of a bugged bulldog.
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Silencers have zero to do with Las Vegas, yet she's going after the issue in an effort to gain some kind of political footing with gun control in the wake of a tragedy.
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Silencers were used by a former Los Angeles police officer in a 2013 killing spree, according to the Police Foundation – one reason the law-enforcement research group wants to keep restrictions in place.
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With the help of supporters like President Trump's son Donald Jr., a gun hobbyist, it wants to roll back an 80-year-old federal law that tightly controls the sale of firearm silencers.
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The piece, titled "Weinstein's Complicity Machine," unpacks his "enablers, silencers and spies," recruited to warn potential accusers against speaking out, and his courtship of those in power (especially in politics) to increase his influence.
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There's no good reason why the Average Joe needs to be able to buy semi-automatic weapons and silencers, and explanations around ideas of "freedom" and the Constitutions are misguided fantasy at this point.
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Republicans postponed a planned hearing on the "Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act," a bill that would loosen restrictions on the purchase of silencers and make it easier to move guns across state lines.
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" In the wake of Scalise's return to Congress and the Vegas tragedy, Democrats have hammered Republicans for pushing legislation that would make it easier for people to buy gun suppressors, commonly known as "silencers.
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In 2009, T.I. pleaded guilty to three federal weapons charges stemming from a 2007 sting operation in which he was caught obtaining three machine guns and two silencers that had been bought for him.
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Democrats are asking the House Judiciary Committee to review at a sportsmen's bill passed by another committee, which has a number of controversial gun provisions, including a measure making it easier to buy silencers.
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"One of the reason we have not seen silencers out there in tons of crimes is the fact that we have a regulatory structure that makes it very difficult to get these," he said.
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The number of silencers registered with the U.S. government more than doubled to 792,282 in February 2015 from 123,534 in March 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
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Arizona Republican Representative Matt Salmon said silencers could allow soldiers and hunters to avoid the kind of hearing damage that has forced him to wear a hearing aid after 50 years of shooting guns.
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Both were prosecuted under a federal law called the National Firearms Act, which requires registration of certain firearms, with silencers included in a list of covered items along with grenades, machine guns and bombs.
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The authorities described an arsenal that included three short-barreled rifles, one of which had been stripped of its serial number, as well as silencers and materials that could be used to make explosive devices.
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" Trevor Noah on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show": "Just to give you an idea of how far away America is from actual gun control, this week Congress is going to vote on deregulating gun silencers.
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Should silencers be removed from the National Firearms Act, individuals unable to pass a background check would be able to obtain these dangerous weapons through unregulated private sales on the internet and at gun shows.
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The justices, in an unsigned order, said they won't take up the cases of two men who challenged the National Firearms Act of 1934 after they were convicted for failing to register their gun silencers.
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But the bill also contains some gun provisions, including Duncan's, which would make it easier to buy silencers for firearms, a process which currently requires registration and a background check under the National Firearms Act.
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Just this week, the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on a measure that would loosen restrictions on gun silencers and armor-piercing bullets (the vote was indefinitely postponed after the Las Vegas massacre).
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According to interviews with former federal agents, gun retailers, and lawyers, two problems underpin this expanding gray market: First, long wait times incentivize quick workarounds like solvent traps that can easily be converted to silencers.
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Whether or not a bill is passed, the ATF has no way of preventing people from building silencers from legally acquired parts, and no way to track how many individuals illegally bypass the registration process.
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So the Capitol game went on with one noticeable change — the strategic decision to postpone a hearing on legislation strongly sought by the gun lobby to end 80-year-old restrictions on possessing gun silencers.
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Hasson was indicted in February on charges of unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, possession of a narcotic opioid and possession of 17 firearms as an unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday said Republicans have no scheduled plan to vote on a bill that would ease rules on gun silencers, in the wake of the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
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He faces a maximum sentence of 20173 years in prison for each of the three charges related to firearms and the firearm silencers, and a maximum of one year in prison for possession of tramadol.
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If Hasson is convicted, he faces maximum prison sentences of 10 years for each of the three charges related to firearms and silencers and of one year for possession of tramadol, according to the release.
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They also sought to end restrictions on gun silencers (more accurately known as "suppressors") by changing federal laws on devices that can be attached to a gun's muzzle to lessen the sound of a shot.
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"I know they've been working very hard this year in the legislature to weaken other aspects of the National Firearms Act to make firearm silencers unregulated again for the first time since the 1930s," Freilich said.
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Hasson was first charged in February, facing counts of unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, possession of a narcotic opioid and possession of 17 firearms as an unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance.
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Sales of silencers are already up 277 percent since 2010, to more than 790,000 total, and dealers say they currently are selling at two or three times the normal rate, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Hasson was first indicted in February on charges of unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, possession of a narcotic opioid and possession of 17 firearms as an unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance.
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Putting more silencers on the street would also diminish the effectiveness of gunshot detection technology, making it harder for police officers to safely respond to and investigate gun crimes, whether they have been called or not.
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Duncan's office said the South Carolina Republican is trying to drum up support for the Duncan-Carter Hearing Protection Act, which would eliminate a federal requirement that firearm silencers, also known as sound suppressors, be registered.
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Police then searched his vehicle and found firearms and ammunition, and a search of his home found more than a dozen more weapons, including a grenade launcher, shotguns, rifles with scopes, silencers and high-capacity magazines.
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Coast Guard Lt. Chris Hasson, a self-described white nationalist, was sentenced to 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that included unlawful possession of ammunition and silencers, and possession of a controlled substance.
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In October 2007, he was arrested before the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta Georgia and charged with two felonies: possession of three unregistered machine guns and silencers and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
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The measure, HB 961, looks to ban assault weapons -- defined as semi-automatic rifles and pistols -- high-capacity magazines (more than 12 rounds), trigger activators that are designed to make weapons fire more rapidly, and silencers.
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This week, a follow-up by Ms. Twohey, Ms. Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg and Steve Eder detailed the vast network of "enablers, silencers and spies" who helped Mr. Weinstein cover up his abuses for decades.
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The men had asked the court to decide whether silencers - muzzle attachments that suppress the sound of a gunshot - are covered by the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms.
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They're also pushing to ignore states' rights by mandating the unrestricted "concealed carry" of firearms and allow free access to dangerous silencers, which would let criminals conceal murder and introduce a menacing new threat to our communities.
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Full30 has taken on content providers that have been kicked off YouTube, which prohibits the sale of firearms or the provision of instructions on how to make guns or accessories such as high-capacity magazines or silencers.
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They aren't talking about banning civilians from getting assault rifles or semi-automatic weapons that literally claim lives — it took a literal massacre for them to hold off on a vote to legalize gun silencers, after all.
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Hasson has been charged with two counts of unlawful possession of firearm silencers, one count of unlawful possession of pain medication tramadol and one count of unlawful possession of firearms by an addict of a controlled substance.
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The president did say he doesn't like gun suppressors, also known as silencers, and would "think about" banning them after one was used in a Virginia Beach, Va. shooting in which 85033 people were killed last week.
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He said the ATF sets rules for selling suppressors in accordance with the 1968 Gun Control Act, which requires agents to prove the intended use of any parts they call silencers in order to bring a case.
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In the shorter term, however, Dr Lu hopes to make them more effective, by creating a cultivar in which silencers of SH4 and, perhaps, other seed-shattering genes are in close chromosomal proximity to the herbicide-resistance gene.
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Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday left intact a federal law that requires the registration of some firearms, including silencers, and turned away a request to consider whether such firearm accessories are protected by the Second Amendment.
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RELATED: Virginia governor calls special session to take up gun control measures The case comes as a silencer was used during the recent Virginia Beach massacre and President Donald Trump suggested he'd look into restrictions on gun silencers.
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Gun safety proponents say that in the final analysis the noisier a gun is, the better the chance to hear it and flee, and that a background check makes sense to weed out miscreants bearing arms with silencers.
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Just ask yourself: What aspect of our hunting "heritage" would be preserved by removing restrictions on the sale of firearm silencers -- a tool of wildlife poachers and other criminals who want to muffle or otherwise cloak their handiwork?
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The Las Vegas shooting reminds us we need to move in the other direction -- maintaining proper controls on silencers and preserving rules to protect our wildlife from people who would exploit them for personal gain or self-aggrandizement.
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If passed, it would revise regulations to make it easier to sell gun-silencers; limit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from classifying certain ammunition as "armor piercing"; and loosen rules for hunting on public lands.
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I had flown to Washington on Wednesday for a hearing on a bill that would make it easier for people with dangerous histories to obtain silencers, legislation that I believe would make our country's gun-violence crisis even worse.
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Anti-gun activists jumped on a new bill that is advancing in the House of Representatives that would loosen the rules on buying silencers for guns, claiming that if Paddock had had a silencer, more people would be dead.
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A few ask if maybe it wouldn't be helpful if it were a little harder to get the most deadly guns, the way that the government has already made it difficult to buy automatic weapons, silencers, and other military-grade gear.
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That's why within hours of the horrible shooting in Las Vegas that left at least 58 dead and more than 500 injured, before it was clear what weapons the gunman used to massacre concertgoers, Hillary Clinton was tweeting about silencers.
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If the proposed law had passed before the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday, and the rifles in the assailant's hotel room had been fitted with silencers, one could safely assume that the death toll would be much, much higher.
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According to the paper, the researchers identified 52 unique vendors selling weapons or similar items such as ammunition, explosives, or components such as silencers, spread across 811 listings and 18 markets (some sites have explicitly banned the sale of weapons).
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But if the political calculus on pursuing new firearms restrictions is changing, the flourishing market for DIY silencers shows how difficult it can be to enforce regulations on guns and gun products when those regulations hinge on precise technical specifications.
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A series of technical determinations issued by the ATF's Firearms Technical Division since 2011 have made it legal for companies to design and sell items nearly identical to silencers without regulation, so long as they have a plausible alternative use.
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It gravely posits that the noise of guns is such a health hazard for the shooters that silencers should not be subjected to the high-risk controls that have also governed grenades and machine guns since the days of mob warfare.
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He pleaded guilty to four federal charges: an unlawful possession of unregistered silencer, unlawful possession of firearm silencers unidentified by serial number, possession of firearms by an addict and unlawful user of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.
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David Chipman, senior policy advisor of Americans for Responsible Solutions, a pro-gun control group told members of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands at a hearing Tuesday that the bill would make silencers more readily available to criminals.
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Christopher Hasson, 49, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was charged with the unlawful possession of two improperly registered silencers, the possession of the narcotic tramadol and the possession of 17 firearms as an unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance.
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Williams is a former law clerk for the NRA's lobbying arm who later served as general counsel for the American Suppressor Association, an industry group pushing to make the purchase of suppressors — more commonly known as silencers — easier and cheaper.
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President Donald Trump, a Republican with a close relationship to the National Rifle Association pro-gun lobby, said in an interview aired on June 5 that he does not like silencers and would be open to considering banning the devices.
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Meanwhile, a vote on a bill to deregulate silencers, absurdly packaged in the House as the Hearing Protection Act, was delayed after the Las Vegas shooting, in part because it raised questions about what might have happened if Paddock had had one.
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NFA weapons range from fully automatic machine guns to silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, tanks, cannons, and bazookas—basically anything you've seen in a certain kind of action movie—as well as obscurities like the Marble Game Getter and pen gun.
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Indeed, even after the nightmare in Las Vegas, the GOP-controlled House this week plans to pass the Sportsman's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, which would eliminate the taxing and licensing of silencers, making them no more difficult to purchase than a firearm.
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"This is why you don't see gangs running around the cities with silencers," said Mark Kelly, who founded a gun safety group with his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, after she was hit in the head during a mass shooting at a shopping center.
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But the sale of silencers has been restricted nationally since the 1930s because of fears that they help criminals avoid attention after shootings, and the National Rifle Association's battle for them seems to be rooted in its broader campaign to eviscerate gun laws.
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But Bennett was less optimistic even about this modest measure, worrying a bump stock ban could wind up being attached to a piece of pro-gun legislation, like a bill that would create a national concealed-carry permit or make it easier to buy silencers.
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Mr. Tolomeo acknowledged that this did not account for all of the weapons reported missing from the Janesville gun shop that Mr. Jakubowski is accused of robbing, which totaled 18 firearms, including an M-16 rifle, and two gun silencers, according to court documents.
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The provision, the Hearing Protection Act, included in a larger bipartisan legislative package called the Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, would remove gun noise suppressors, or silencers, from the list of items regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934, making them substantially easier to buy.
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Matt Bevin tweeted, "to all those political opportunists who are seizing on the tragedy in Las Vegas to call for more gun regs...You can't regulate evil..." Still, the House did opt to shelve a bill this week that would have loosened restrictions on purchasing gun silencers.
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Yet with the "wind at their backs," as one source told me, the group was unable to get its major legislative priorities — the expansion of concealed carry and a change to laws restricting gun silencers — passed while Republicans had full control of Washington in 2017 and 2018.
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Sig Sauer, maker of the semi-automatic rifle believed to have been used in the Orlando shooting rampage, has been growing rapidly in the United States, with plans to sell more silencers and ammunition while vying for a contract to supply several hundred thousand handguns to the U.S. military.
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And we're also trying to close a loophole that has been developing over the last decade, where now, people are using cut-out trusts and shell corporations to purchase the most dangerous weapons -- sawed-off shotguns, automatic weapons, silencers -- and don't have to go through background checks at all.
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Why it matters: Acting ATF Deputy Director Ronald B. Turk produced the memo dated on President Trump's inauguration day, urging the federal agency to loosen regulations for buying silencers, allowing gun dealers to sell across state lines and conducting a study on repealing the ban on imported assault weapons.
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A bill making it easier for people to buy gun suppressors, often described as silencers, was delayed in mid-June after a gunman shot at Republican lawmakers practicing baseball in Alexandria, Va. Scalise, a Capitol Police officer, a Hill staffer and a lobbyist were all struck by the gunman.
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New South Wales, the state that includes Sydney, is often described as Australia's least restrictive jurisdiction when it comes to protection from guns because it allows the use of silencers, has removed a requirement that people provide a reason for owning extra firearms and does not limit ammunition purchases.
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When they announced his indictment in February, prosecutors said Lieutenant Hasson was an "unlawful user and addict of a controlled substance," and therefore prohibited from possessing the two silencers and 15 firearms found during a search of the basement apartment where he lived with his wife in Silver Spring.
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READ MORE: Not just for hitmen: Gun industry wants looser rules on silencers The U.S. military had been monitoring the camp for several weeks before the strike and had gathered intelligence, including about an imminent threat posed by those in the camp to U.S. forces and African Union peacekeepers, officials said.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE earlier this month also indicated that he would be open to banning silencers for firearms.
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Enforcing the current tight restrictions on the sale of silencers, for example, costs the agency more than $1 million a year in overtime pay each year, and occupies the time of more than 30 full-time staff—and even with that effort, there is an eight-month backlog on processing requests.
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Biden has long favored a ban on the sale and manufacture of assault weapons and high capacity magazines, with an option for their owners to either sell the gun or magazine back to the government or register them under the National Firearms Act, similar to regulations for machine guns and silencers.
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As the nation reels over the Las Vegas massacre, which left more than 50 people dead in one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, House Republicans are poised to pass legislation that would make it easier to buy gun silencers, which gun control advocates say could make mass shootings even deadlier.
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While the controversy around its latest video continues to flare, the NRA is working to pass two relatively big pieces of pro-gun rights legislation this year: a bill that would remove any restrictions on concealed carry between states, and another that would repeal constraints on the ownership of gun suppressors (commonly known as silencers).
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During a 2015 hearing on silencer deregulation in the Minnesota legislature, the State Police association opposed the bill, saying more silencers would make it more difficult for law enforcement to detect gunshots—both for individual officers and for gunshot-detection technology like ShotSpotter—and owning the accessories would put gun owners at risk of theft.
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READ: Teens tell us why they're protesting after the Parkland shooting Instead, over the past year, their biggest priorities included strengthening background checks and state laws that keep guns out of the hands of convicted domestic abusers, as well as ensuring that Congress doesn't pass bills to deregulate silencers or allow people to carry concealed firearms across state lines.
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Ultimately, the 22013 ban settled on a definition of assault weapons that included, among other features, "pistol grips on rifles, flash hiders, folding rifle stocks, threaded barrels for attaching silencers, and the ability to accept ammunition magazines holding large numbers of bullets," as well as some specific guns by name and "copies or duplicates" of them, Koper wrote.
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The organization has also failed to advance three major legislative initiatives: one that would have allowed those with concealed carry licenses in one state to have those licenses recognized by other concealed carry states; another reviewing the legality of bump stocks; and a third that would have made it easier to purchase gun suppressors (also known as silencers).
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Now, in addition to installing Sessions at the Department of Justice, the group is focused on three big drives under President Donald Trump: getting a new Supreme Court justice who strongly supports the Second Amendment, passing new legislation making it easier to buy silencers and carry concealed weapons, and undoing executive actions put in place by the Obama administration.
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Check out a trailer from our new segment on the future of firearms in America, airing on VICE on HBO Friday, June 16, at 7:30 and 11 PM. Gun-reform activists said other measures—like expanding background checks or stopping gun sales to people on terror-watch lists—are far more important than deregulating silencers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a bid to widen legal protections for gun silencers in a case involving two Kansas men convicted for failing to register the devices as required by federal law, as the justices again sidestepped a chance to rule on the scope of the right to bear arms.
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Following the New York Times and New Yorker's initial reports that Weinstein harassed, groped and raped A-list actresses, models, and assistants he worked with for nearly three decades, a new bombshell report from the Times details how Weinstein used his well-heeled connections, as well as a network of spies and silencers, to cover up those stories for years.
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For example, Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE oddly responded to the attack with a tweets denouncing the NRA and raising the issue of silencers, which appear the only thing not found in Paddock's arsenal of weapons, ammunition and explosives.
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Instead of working together to pass legislation that reflects majority public opinion on regulations that protect communities - like banning bump stocks, universal background checks or mandatory waiting periods, or stricter regulation of ammunition sales - the House passed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act that undermines state laws that have proven effective at reducing gun violence and pushed for laws that favor the interests of gun manufacturers like the so-called "Hearing Protection Act" that limits the transfer tax on silencers.
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Ralph Northam called a special session of the Virginia legislature and put forth eight proposals aimed at tightening the state's gun laws, including a ban on silencers and so-called "assault weapons," limiting handgun purchases, and creating a Extreme Risk Protective Order so that law enforcement could take firearms from people deemed to be potential threats (a proposal the NRA voiced support for in March 298.) But as my colleague Catherine Kim reported earlier this year: When the legislature convened, the GOP shut down the meeting in less than two hours.
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