livingston
20×102mm Vulcan
Good morning everyone. Thanks for visiting TFB’s Silencer Saturday. Today we unfortunately have to start out with some unpleasant news: There is a bill in the very beginning stages of the U.S. House of Representatives that takes square aim at manufacturers, dealers and owners of National Firearms Act (NFA) controlled firearms. A group, by the way, that is already heavily regulated, burdened and law abiding under the existing system. The proposed legislation, H.R. 5103 increases firearms taxes and fees across the board and even includes a section that will continue to adjust them for inflation.
If this bill becomes law, it will mark the end of the modern silencer industry.
I’m going to invoke my leadership privilege here at TFB and skim the top of the political debate on the use of taxes to regulate and control actions and ownership. Even though my it is my personal belief that this new bill has only a small likelihood of passing, I am both concerned and dismayed that legislation like this can even see the light of day. As I mentioned above, the statistics on the use of silencers used in crimes is beyond minuscule – so to further hinder and punish legal ownership is, at best, a dishonest tactic, especially when it is used as the masthead for a bill named the “Gun Violence Prevention And Safe Communities Act”. (1)(2)(3)
Source: http://www.westerncriminology.org/documents/WCR/v08n2/clark.pdf
1) http://freebeacon.com/issues/atf-despite-nearly-1-3-million-silencers-united-states-rarely-used-crimes/
2) http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations/2325/
3) http://www.westerncriminology.org/documents/WCR/v08n2/clark.pdf
Among the increase in taxes on ammunition and firearms, and increases in SOT and FFL licensing and fees, H.R. 5103 raises the NFA tax to transfer silencers from $200 to $500. Taxing the transfer of NFA with what is essentially the total cost of an average suppressor will grind sales to a halt, force dealers and distributors to significantly reduce inventories and will crush production by manufacturers.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/03/17/nfa-tax/
If this bill becomes law, it will mark the end of the modern silencer industry.
I’m going to invoke my leadership privilege here at TFB and skim the top of the political debate on the use of taxes to regulate and control actions and ownership. Even though my it is my personal belief that this new bill has only a small likelihood of passing, I am both concerned and dismayed that legislation like this can even see the light of day. As I mentioned above, the statistics on the use of silencers used in crimes is beyond minuscule – so to further hinder and punish legal ownership is, at best, a dishonest tactic, especially when it is used as the masthead for a bill named the “Gun Violence Prevention And Safe Communities Act”. (1)(2)(3)
Source: http://www.westerncriminology.org/documents/WCR/v08n2/clark.pdf
1) http://freebeacon.com/issues/atf-despite-nearly-1-3-million-silencers-united-states-rarely-used-crimes/
2) http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/documents/national/read-the-white-paper-on-firearms-regulations/2325/
3) http://www.westerncriminology.org/documents/WCR/v08n2/clark.pdf
Among the increase in taxes on ammunition and firearms, and increases in SOT and FFL licensing and fees, H.R. 5103 raises the NFA tax to transfer silencers from $200 to $500. Taxing the transfer of NFA with what is essentially the total cost of an average suppressor will grind sales to a halt, force dealers and distributors to significantly reduce inventories and will crush production by manufacturers.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/03/17/nfa-tax/
