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Buying Silencers In Texas


Since the Texas State Senate passed HB-957, we are getting phone calls, emails, chat messages, and people dropping in every day thinking that buying a suppressor in Texas is now exempt from federal regulations if it was made in Texas.




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Rep. Tom Oliverson (R-Cypress) put forth HB 957 on January 4 with 31 Republican sponsors and one Democrat. From the excitement of social media posts, chat room & forum chatter, you might think that this bill allows silencers made in Texas to be immune to federal regulations. This is not the whole truth. While that may be the eventual outcome, here are three things the bill does:


In summary, the bill removes silencers that are made in Texas, using Texas-sourced materials, from the list of prohibited weapons IN TEXAS. However, there is currently a path to owning a silencer, which is to follow the NFA laws and pay the federal government a $200 infringement tax through your local Class 3/NFA dealer, like Houston's very own, Silencer Shop ELITE Dealer, Waymore Silencers.


Often brought up when discussing this law is the marijuana laws in certain states. It is easy to see how states like Colorado and California get around federal prohibitions for marijuana possession and draw similar conclusions about suppressor manufacturing. However, regulating drugs and firearms are two different things. Federal law currently has a legal process for owning silencers where such provisions do not exist with marijuana. Additionally, those states have far more marijuana users per capita than Texas does potential suppressor manufacturers or owners, making it tougher for the feds to regulate marijuana versus silencers.


Lastly, since the Texas law would define silencers as firearms, they would still have to be purchased through a firearm dealer or made at home. If it went through a dealer, it would be subject to a background check and all other applicable firearm regulations. If the firearm dealer were audited by the ATF, which happens annually, there would be a record of the silencer sale. This would alert the ATF to enforce federal laws. When it comes to marijuana sales, there are no records of who made a purchase, so customers are not at risk of jail time or fines if the feds step in. That would be the opposite case in Texas.


We are fully dedicated to the American hunter, and our products and attitude reflect that commitment.All of our silencers are designed and built entirely at our facility in Weatherford, Texas with pride,precision, and a fanatical devotion to making your hunting experience safer and more enjoyable at aprice that's fair.


At Texas Silencer Company we don't think that American hunters and shooters should have to payunreasonably high prices to own a silencer with outstanding performance and features. That's whyall of our silencers are of uncompromising quality, priced fairly, and exceptionally quiet. Inother words, we give you the LEAST bang for your buck.


Financially speaking, is a used silencer worth transferring? Silencers typically lose value faster than other firearms. As far as the $200 tax payment for a new tax stamp, it would apply to the transfer of a used silencer or to the purchase of a new silencer. A used silencer could be an attractive option if it is rare and in good condition. Be careful, however, because it could be difficult to judge the condition of a silencer if you cannot examine its interior components. Nevertheless, a used silencer might be an attractive option during the current period when silencers are often out of stock.


You can read more about Texas silencers online at The Texan News, at InternationalSportsman.com, or via Texas Score Cart. The American Suppressor Association (ASA) always has updates about pending (silencer-related) NFA legislation as well.


There is so much information online from conflicting sources that it can seem overwhelming before you actually dive in and get started. The reality is that buying a suppressor is a simple process which requires less paperwork than buying a new refrigerator!


I went through the Single Shot Trust process myself when purchasing a .22 LR can recently. It was much preferable to even my previous NFA Gun Trust. It was also order of magnitudes better than my experience buying my first suppressor a few years back as an individual. The $200 tax stamp is still required. However, if the HPA passes, it will include a provision for refunding that fee to those who paid it to acquire a suppressor after the act was filed.


Warrants released by SLED detail how between March and September 2021, Chambers repeatedly used falsified Lexington Police Department letterhead to obtain the silencers, also called suppressors, from legitimate businesses without paying a federal tax.


Also highly regulated: suppressors. Suppressors or silencers are not banned outright, but you must register them with the federal government (with ATF form 1 or form 4) and pay a $200 tax to legally own one. If someone asks you to buy their suppressor without the proper paperwork, you should give them the silent treatment.


Fact is, silencers, also called suppressors, are rarely used in crime but offer myriad advantages. While they are not silent-supersonic projectiles still make a whip-like crack as they break the sound barrier-suppressors mitigate noise at the muzzle of the gun so it's not as dangerous to nearby ears. They also reduce recoil. They promote accuracy via less recoil and less flinch-inducing noise. Finally, they reduce noise complaints from non-shooters.


1. If silencers are legal to own in your state (this includes AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, and WY) pick one that fits your shotgun, handgun or rifle at your Class III arms (machine guns, etc.) dealer. Its serial number will be used for the registration process, but you won't be able to purchase it or take it home until it is registered to you by the BATF's NFA branch. Alternatively, there are online retailers where you can buy a silencer online. You'll still have to go through the following steps,but they streamline the process by doing most of it for you, then shipping your silencer to your local dealer.


Despite being an important firearm accessory and an item of common knowledge, suppressors do not enjoy enough penetration among the general population. You would be surprised to know how a lot of people still think that suppressors or silencers are not for an average firearm owner and are made only for military or special operations personnel. Movies, media, and popular culture have made suppressors something that is only used either by the soldiers or by the assassins.


Another reason why you should consider buying a suppressor is the reduction in recoil made by a discharging firearm. Attaching a suppressor to your firearm considerably reduces the recoil, which improves stability while firing. Improved stability not only improves accuracy but also allows you to take faster follow-up shots.


ATF Form 4 does not directly involve any cost, however, you need to purchase a tax stamp and have it approved. In the case of silencers (suppressors), SBRs (Short Barrel Rifles), and Shotguns, a $200 tax stamp is required, however, in the case of Any Other Weapons (AOWs) a $5 tax stamp is required.


Though silencers are now legal in 42 states, industry officials say the onerous and expensive task of buying them keeps gun owners, particularly hunters, from their preferred method of protecting their hearing.


There has been no significant change to the federal law governing commerce in firearms in more than 20 years. The law has failed to keep up with changes in the industry, in terms of scope, size, and the type of products being designed and sold. The laws are woefully out of date and unprepared to address advances in technology such as internet gun sales, 3D printing, homemade and untraceable ghost guns, and a proliferation of firearm silencers and other dangerous accessories. In addition, the law continues to tie the hands of the federal agency charged with conducting regulatory oversight of the industry.


The dangers associated with ghost guns are not theoretical. In 2013, a shooter opened fire in Santa Monica, California, shooting 100 rounds, killing five people and injuring several others at a community college using a homemade AR-15 rifle.183 Reporting indicates the shooter had previously tried to purchase a firearm from a licensed gun dealer and failed a background check, potentially indicating why he opted to order parts to build a gun instead.184 In 2017, in Northern California, a man prohibited from possessing firearms ordered kits to build AR-15-style rifles.185 On November 13, he initiated a series of shootings that began with fatally shooting his wife at home, followed by a rampage the next day during which he fired at multiple people in several different locations, including an elementary school, killing five people and injuring dozens more.186 In 2019, a shooter used a homemade gun kit to build a .223-caliber firearm used in a bar in Dayton, Ohio, to fire 41 shots in 32 seconds, shooting 26 people and killing 9.187 These kits create an easy way for individuals who are prohibited from buying a gun and could not pass a background check, such as the Dayton shooter, to easily evade that law and build a gun at home.188


Law enforcement has grown increasingly concerned about the proliferation of ghost guns. In 2019, District of Columbia police recovered 115 ghost guns, a 360 percent increase from 2018, when they recovered 25 ghost guns, and a 3,733 percent increase from 2017, when only three such firearms were recovered.189 In California, federal law enforcement reports that 30 percent of all guns recovered from crime scenes are blank, without a serial number, and are therefore untraceable.190 The untraceable nature of these weapons makes them highly desirable for firearm traffickers and criminal organizations. In 2015, the New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman authorized the Organized Crime Task Force and the New York State Police to conduct Operation Ghostbusters, focused on identifying a ghost guns trafficking ring.191 The outcome resulted in officers discovering a ghost gun construction operation that built fully functional firearms using unfinished receivers and firearm parts and then transferred them to firearm traffickers.192 The two men responsible for the ghost gun operation received sentences of nine and 11 years, respectively, for the criminal sale of firearms in the first degree, among other charges.193 In 2018, the Los Angeles Police Department and ATF conducted an operation that found criminal organizations were relying on building arsenals using homemade firearm kits.194 In addition, a new spike in online purchasing of ghost gun kits was reported when much of the country was staying at home during the onset of the coronavirus crisis as part of a larger surge in gun buying during this period.195 041b061a72


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