Buying or making a silencer for an individual requires the same
paperwork. A Class 3 manufacturer can make and sell them.
You can let others shoot a silencer or other Class 3 weapon (like full
automatic guns). But, you have to be with them. You can't loan it to
anyone or let anyone take it somewhere that you are not.
The stamp is an actual stamp, like a postage stamp. The $200 price
for the stamp has not changed since 1934. At that time it was priced
to keep most people from being able to afford the stamp.
Like switch blade knives, silencers/suppressors are legal in some
states and illegal in others. Check your local laws. Even if legal
in your locale, manufacture is against Federal law unless you have a
completed Form 4 or unless you are a licensed Class 3 firearms
manufacturer.
By definition anything made to be attached to a firearm and to lessen
the sound of firearm's report is a silencer. If you tape a 20oz soda
bottle to the end of a gun (effective, BTW) then you have made an
illegal silencer.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
> Kirk, you might not want to make such public admissions. Having a silencer
> makes it a Title 2 weapon. You need to get licensed and buy a $200 tax
> stamp just like with a fully automatic weapon. You can't even let anybody
> else shoot it without them getting a tax stamp, too. I'm not sure, but I
> think there is something else involved in order to manufacture one, too.
> (It's been a looong time since I was involved in this stuff.)
>
> They aren't legal at all in CA.
>
> ATF likes to kick butt if you don't follow their rules. Big fines and jail
> time, as I recall.
>
> Shhhh!
>
>
> LAD
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