Is there a difference between a suppressor and a silencer

Patronen · 11-21-2011, 10:37 AM

Everything I have read about silencer possesion in the U.S. revolves around the NFA act of 1934 because game wardens were worried about poaching so that was why it was written in.

lew1 · 11-21-2011, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Patronen

Everything I have read about silencer possesion in the U.S. revolves around the NFA act of 1934 because game wardens were worried about poaching so that was why it was written in.

That depends on the area. In Eastern Kentucky people do not use silencers, but I have seen only one game warden since 1967. In 1963, I was standing on my mother-in-law's porch and there was this guy walking down the fields carrying his catch. (It was not hunting season.) There was a (young) game warden. in his car, who kept stoping and yelling for the guy to come over to the road (to his car).

The terrain was hills, the road, a small creek (with bridges) fields and hills.

The guy never went across the creek and turned uo ino a hollar a little bit down. The I head two more shots from the guy's shotgun. The game warden did not follow him and left.

Norme · 11-21-2011, 01:00 PM

Back in the eighties, when I was living in the New Jersey mafia belt (Soprano country), one of my neighbors made the local papers when he was arrested in connection with the disappearance of his business partner. He was found to be in possession of a silenced pistol, which he claimed was for pest control, and he "didn't want to disturb the neighbors". He beat the murder rap but I believe he served time for the pistol. Regards, Norm

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11-21-2011, 10:37 AM	#1
Patronen User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 312 Thanks: 335 Thanked 93 Times in 70 Posts	Everything I have read about silencer possesion in the U.S. revolves around the NFA act of 1934 because game wardens were worried about poaching so that was why it was written in.

11-21-2011, 01:00 PM	#3
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Back in the eighties, when I was living in the New Jersey mafia belt (Soprano country), one of my neighbors made the local papers when he was arrested in connection with the disappearance of his business partner. He was found to be in possession of a silenced pistol, which he claimed was for pest control, and he "didn't want to disturb the neighbors". He beat the murder rap but I believe he served time for the pistol. Regards, Norm