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Chainfire

(17,757 posts) Sat May 29, 2021, 04:36 PM May 2021

Texas, guns and silencers, coming to a state near you soon.... [View all]

Texas is on the verge of telling the BATFE to kiss their ass.

For many years gun suppressors (silencers) have been heavily regulated and taxed by the Federal Government. Texas is taking the position that if the silencers are made in Texas and stay within the State that they are none of the Fed's business. The legislation is planned to be a model for other states to allow their citizens to use silencers without government regulation. It will be really interesting to see how the Feds handle the issue.

https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2021/05/to-the-governor-texas-passes-suppressor-freedom-act/

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Texas, guns and silencers, coming to a state near you soon.... [View all] Chainfire May 2021 OP

"If they stay within the state..." Girard442 May 2021 #1

The Exploding Silo State is overdue for a wake-up call. Grokenstein May 2021 #4

We already have them in Ohio since 2015 doc03 May 2021 #2

Yes, but in Ohio Chainfire May 2021 #8

Next it will be death squads are okayed. 2naSalit May 2021 #3

Welcome to Texas Chainfire May 2021 #5

And coming soon to Montana. 2naSalit May 2021 #6

Suppressors aren't like what the movies like to make them out to be, MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #7

There are a lot of variables in how they perform Chainfire May 2021 #16

Suppressors Timewas May 2021 #24

From what I understand... LiberatedUSA May 2021 #26

Subsonic .22 LR ammunition has no special requirements to purchase. I have a couple of bricks of it Dial H For Hero May 2021 #32

Unless you're in the military no reason to have those rockfordfile May 2021 #9

Well if you wanted to poach deer on someone's land doc03 May 2021 #11

You'd need a gun that fires subsonic ammo for that to work. Kaleva May 2021 #15

That's the "2nd amendment solution" republicans advocate for n/t Victor_c3 May 2021 #19

Norway and some other Western European nations requires that suppressors be used Kaleva May 2021 #13

Nonsense. Happy Hoosier May 2021 #25

Not really Zeitghost May 2021 #34

States get away with legalizing weed by making it in their states. LiberatedUSA May 2021 #10

+100. MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #12

You may be right. Chainfire May 2021 #17

Keep in mind... LiberatedUSA May 2021 #18

The right will keep pushing until they get pushed back. If not this administration then who? Chainfire May 2021 #28

I'm not going back to Texas. Ilsa May 2021 #14

"I'm afraid of being shot there" EX500rider May 2021 #21

I don't think the newest gun law has been Ilsa May 2021 #31

America SoCalDavidS May 2021 #20

I've got a gun humping friend who has been visiting a gun shop in Texas for 40 years. Midnight Writer May 2021 #22

Your friend is risking ten years at club Fed for playing with his toys. Chainfire May 2021 #27

If this is true, and I have serious doubts on this, MarineCombatEngineer May 2021 #29

these states seem to be going out of there way... stillcool May 2021 #23

It's not hard to buy a suppressor in most states as it is NickB79 May 2021 #30

The current wait time is more on the order of 6 to 8 months for approval. Dial H For Hero May 2021 #33

I've read that Form 1's are pretty quick right now NickB79 May 2021 #35