Wait time for ATF approval on eForm 4 (to get a suppressor) was 11 months when I purchased a suppressor back in August 2023. However, I received it in only 7 months. Now, the wait time is 5 months (156 days) for a Trust and only 3 days for an individual. This is despite increased demand with gun dealerships having trouble keeping popular suppressors in stock. If Black Hats were in control, you'd think the delay would be getting longer not shorter. This is just speculation, but could White Hats be rushing to help lawfully arm as many citizens as possible? BTW, it's one thing to be prepared for crime/home invasions, it's another to be prepared for armed invasion — you need equivalent gear (not just a handgun) to level the playing field. A crack head trying to break in will have a weapon. But soldiers have so much more -- body armor, night vision, suppressors, quality sights, training, medical kits, etc. Don't be a sitting duck. If enough citizens are lawfully ready to lawfully exercise their 2A right of self defense, activating millions of embedded illegal aliens (i.e. UN soldiers) may be a no go. Strategy of RUSH was the idea behind Red October — make things happen before the torpedo can arm itself. Anything can happen, but there's probably not enough time for the Globalists to launch an armed insurrection led by millions of UN soldiers. WWG1WGA
https://www.silencershop.com/atf-wait-times https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/current-processing-times
If white hats were in control, there would be NO restrictions at all and you could buy them on Amazon.
If black hats were in control, we would have seen a myriad of arbitrary gun “laws”; successful attempts to restrict ammo purchases, etc. just saying…
I don't have any need for a suppressor. If someone is breaking into my home, or I feel justified in firing my weapon... I want everyone to hear it. I want the noise to draw maximum attention.
Whatever perp is waiting in the get-away car down the street can hear what just happened to his buddy. In my neighborhood, others will come outside armed as well to see what's going on. I want neighbors to hear it and call the police. I want everyone to witness. :>)
Gunfire in a home is painful loud, I for one have ear ringing issues. A suppressor just makes your firearm less loud, it’s really silly the government doesn’t encourage there use. Many European countries require there use for hunting, I don’t know which ones… probably Eastern Europe I imagine.
Ironically, the UK insists on suppressors for hunting. Ironic because the UK is very anti-RTKBA.
They come in real handy at the range with certain calibers.
I don’t know why, but every time I go the range I attract the big guns that set up next to me. The last time I went, in walks a guy next to my table with a .338 lapua mag and a muzzle break, then five minutes later on the opposite side a Barrett .50 sets up. Every pull of the trigger was bone jarring. The guy figured he was torturing me so he let me fire a magazine or two. I haven’t fired one since Desert Storm, so that was fun, the rest sucked though. The time before I ended up with a German MG-34 belt fed machine gun next to me. One thing is for sure, in Kentucky you never know what’s gonna show up.
Gotta love the ones that you feel as well as hear...
you wouldnt be purchasing a suppressor w/o a firearm to attach it to. this is to keep track of who has what for when the great white round up begins. probly starting with a flash-bang grenade in your living room @ 0:dark:30
If it gets that bad, I’m bugged out.