Suppressors not NFA

[crosseyedshooter]

Sig already makes suppressors.

Ruger has partnered with Dead Air and I think S&W owns Gemtech.

[heyjerr]

CA has proven solidly that it can and will restrict citizens from owning anything firearm related, including most semi-auto handguns and rifles. Hell, they won't let you own a Shockwave, which is not semi-auto and not an NFA restricted item.
Take it to the bank- if suppressors ever became a non NFA item, CA will still ban them.

You spelled "subjects" wrong. We are definitely not "citizens".

[MajorSideburns]

The bill doesn't remove them from the NFA from the way I am reading it. It simply removes the tax you pay for the stamp. It appears to be terribly and poorly worded either by design or incompetence. They removed the silencer from the definitions of a firearm but then call it a firearm under the transfer tax requirements. This is the actual text:


SEC. 112029. MODIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF SILENCERS.

(a) In General.--Section 5845(a) is amended by striking ``(7) any
silencer'' and all that follows through ``; and (8)'' and inserting
``and (7)''.
(b) Transfer Tax.--Section 5811(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Rate.--There shall be levied, collected, and paid on firearms
transferred a tax at the rate of--
``(1) $5 for each firearm transferred in the case of a
weapon classified as any other weapon under section 5845(e),
``(2) $0 for each firearm transferred in the case of a
silencer (as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States
Code), and
``(3) $200 for any other firearm transferred.''.
(c) Making Tax.--Section 5821(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Rate.--There shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the
making of a firearm a tax at the rate of--
``(1) $0 for each silencer (as defined in section 921 of
title 18, United States Code) made, and
``(2) $200 for any other firearm made.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to calendar quarters beginning more than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.

[sigstroker]

Even if suppressors are deemed non-NFA and not banned in CA, there is still the problem that CA will never allow a useable threaded barrel to be legal in this state. CA gov't never met a 'common sense' gun law it didn't like.
-P

Threaded barrels are fine on rifles.

[sigstroker]

IF suppressors were re-classified as a non NFA item similar to gun accessories, or even as a 4473 item, you can bet big boy companies such as Glock, Ruger, Sig Sauer, S&W, etc. will get into the game. And if so, they will design and manufacture firearms with integrated suppressors. But CA will still ban them as "assault" features.

Ruger already sells silencers.