Florida hunters may soon be able to wear their hearing protection on the end of their hunting rifles. According to the Sun-Sentinel, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering a change in their regulations to allow hunters to lawfully pursue “deer, turkey, gray squirrels, rabbits, quail and crows” while using firearms equipped with silencers. […]
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Florida may end prohibition on hunting with silencers
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
August
7th,
2014
at 02:00 PM
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Tags : bureaucracy, Florida
Ever since the proposed rule change was announced last fall, ATF’s plan to revamp the application process for making and transferring National Firearms Act items has been causing quite a stir in this segment of the firearms industry. Application numbers that were already at record highs leapt even higher, and wait times were drawn out, […]
Tags : ATF 41P, bureaucracy
Rifle + water bottle = unlawful silencer
Posted by Dick Clark
· Tuesday,
April
8th,
2014
at 04:49 PM
A young man in Texas apparently took a page from the 2007 film Shooter in seeking to reduce the sound signature of his gun. Tyler Mann, 24, allegedly taped a plastic water bottle to the muzzle of his rifle before going out looking for dogs to shoot in Hardin County, Texas. After pulling Mann over for a […]
“Shall sign” bill nears finish line in Kansas
Posted by Dick Clark
· Wednesday,
March
26th,
2014
at 10:00 AM
The American Silencer Association is reporting that a bill requiring law enforcement officials to sign off on National Firearms Act applications for law-abiding Kansans is likely to reach the governor’s desk for a signature in the near future. The legislation, HB 2578, has already passed by unanimous votes in both houses of the Kansas Legislature and […]
Tags : Kansas, shall sign
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Only five days left to comment on ATF 41P
Posted by Dick Clark
· Wednesday,
December
4th,
2013
at 09:00 AM
The American Silencer Association has published an excellent statement on ATF 41P. ASA is a heroic group that has met with great success this year in a number of states on silencer hunting bills and other important legislation for owners of firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). ATF 41P is a proposed regulatory change to the NFA process that […]
Tags : ATF 41P, bureaucracy
NY artist arrested for modified rifle
Posted by Dick Clark
· Tuesday,
November
12th,
2013
at 10:00 AM
An artist who has created firearms-related mixed media artwork in the past is in hot water on Long Island. Police arrested Jameson S. Ellis last weekend in Sagaponack after a traffic stop. Officers claim that during the course of the stop, they saw a rifle in Ellis’s vehicle that they identified as having a barrel modified […]
Occasionally, I talk to someone about the National Firearms Act registration process, with all of its hassles, and their response is “why not just skip the rigmarole?” The short answer, of course, is that staying legal, even when the laws you are obeying are stupid and unjust, has it benefits. As a firearms enthusiast, I […]
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