Earlier this week, the Department of Justice sent a letter to the 5th Circuit stating they agreed that the Second Amendment did not cover suppressors.
Gun owners, gun tubers, and gun groups across the country, Gun Owners of America in particular, who broke the news, criticized the DOJ for their letter. Ironically, the U.S. code includes suppressors in its definition of firearms.
The key here is what happens if accessories like suppressors are not covered under the Second Amendment. Scopes? Slings? Lasers? Where does it end?
Thankfully, the DOJ might change its position after it sent another letter requesting a 30-day review of its suppressor’s position while the court is considering defendant George Peterson’s appeal for a full court panel on his suppressor case.
If the DOJ comes down on the right side of this issue, it could prove to be a significant blow to gun grabbers. Banning suppressors and requiring a tax stamp are infringements of the 2nd Amendment.
Suppressors are excellent hearing protection devices that don’t make firearms more dangerous. They should be encouraged, not regulated.
The tax stamp on suppressors is nothing more than a money grab by the federal government.
A key lesson here is that with public pressure, the government can alter its course, and if President Donald Trump doesn’t want to get sidetracked with more anti-gun issues, this is a good move.
Do you believe the 2nd Amendment covers suppressors? Let us know in the comments below.
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5 replies on “DOJ to Reconsider Suppressor Classification After Public Criticism”
Suppressors should absolutely be taken off of the NFA list.
Suppressors should be just as legal as buying optics for your gun. It would help with the risk of your hearing and when you hunting it’s probably not going to spook other game in the area , where other people are hunting.
If suppressors had been considered legal standard firearm accessories, I might not have had to spend thousands of dollars on hearing aids the past several years.
Yes
There certainly seems ample evidence enhancing the hearing safety of gun owners and those who routinely either shoot at the range or hunt: it is certainly an added bonus to ear protection to include suppresors to the mix. The fallacy of gangsters of yore wielding guns with silencers or the John Wick’s of the world of today is simply not the real world, although perhaps to the gun control types!
Any and all protection in shooting guns should be more than acceptable in the eyes of the law: once your hearing is “shot,” you do not get a do-over, you have forever lost that hearing, and our hearing MUST be preserved!