Observations on the nature of the debate on gun control.

[gejohnston]

89. simple.

For a silencer here you jump though the hoops required under the National Firearms Act (see below). In those countries, you walk in the gun store buy it and walk out. They are actually required on some ranges in France and hunting areas in Finland and Norway (may be true of other countries as well, but those two countries take noise pollution seriously). They are not used in crime and are louder than the movies portray. Besides, anyone who knows how a car muffler works knows that a 2 liter soda bottle and duct tape. Some states in the US prohibit their use for hunting as an anti poaching measure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act

SBRs and SBSs are defined here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act#Categories_of_firearms_regulated
Long story short, a single shot rifle with a 15 inch barrel is regulated more strictly than an AR-15 (which is Title I, regulated by the Gun Control Act) on the federal level. No other country I know of does this. Take this shotgun on Canada Ammo for example:
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/dominion-arms-outlaw-double-barrel-shotgun-12/
In the US, it is regulated the same as a machine gun, even though it holds only two rounds. As you can see, it is "unrestricted" in Canada. That means someone can buy it on line and have it delivered to their house (after typing in your PAL number at check out, and Canada Ammo verifies it) it doesn't have to be registered (unless you are in Quebec). Also, any 12 year old with a minors permit can possess it without supervision and buy ammunition for it.
In case you are wondering what a "prohibited" license is, a good example is a grandfathered machine gun. Although Canada has had licensing and registration of handguns since the 1930s, machine guns were not that much different than hunting rifles (other than registration) until 1977.