Paperwork will continue to be required, but only the normal paperwork you fill out to buy a firearm.
You know what else this means? In free states where we can still privately give or sell a gun to a relative or friend without using an FFL or paperwork, the same rules will apply to suppressors.
Here is info from Grok on the Hearing Protection Act, and the subsequent addition to the Big Beautiful Bill:
Yes - normal gun paperwork with the NICS background check. They will simply be treated as a firearm - normal age restrictions, normal purchase process. No $200 tax stamp, no more 6-12 month wait, not part of NFA.
As for the oil filter... it will probably "not be illegal" until someone figures that out. Like the printed guns or 80% lowers. Some places made them illegal, some didn't. The feds keep trying. It's all a game.
Personally I can't wait for all the morons to buy them, realize they don't work like in the movies, and demand a refund because they are "defective". That's when the prices will stabilize.
Noice!!!
Rooty tooty fresh and fruity getting a suppressor for my shooty kablooty!!!
Seriously tho...I wonder the process of getting one now. Still paperwork and "permission" required???
Or can knuckle draggers like me just thread on an oil filter and we're good?
Yeah paperwork still required, at least until the bill passes the senate, then signed by Q+.
Also depends if your state like mine Commiefornia, just bans them outright
Paperwork will continue to be required, but only the normal paperwork you fill out to buy a firearm.
You know what else this means? In free states where we can still privately give or sell a gun to a relative or friend without using an FFL or paperwork, the same rules will apply to suppressors.
Here is info from Grok on the Hearing Protection Act, and the subsequent addition to the Big Beautiful Bill:
https://x.com/i/grok/share/eTUWW2dqdguQUnnBlDC9n9ZRo
The good news is, they probably didn’t actually ban them because that’s not legal.
The bad news is, they’ve declared that enemies of the people of California are in charge of the government, and they intend to wage war against them.
So uh. Yay?
Yeah...the state thing... such bs.
Shall NOT be infringed...*by anyone
Yes - normal gun paperwork with the NICS background check. They will simply be treated as a firearm - normal age restrictions, normal purchase process. No $200 tax stamp, no more 6-12 month wait, not part of NFA.
As for the oil filter... it will probably "not be illegal" until someone figures that out. Like the printed guns or 80% lowers. Some places made them illegal, some didn't. The feds keep trying. It's all a game.
Personally I can't wait for all the morons to buy them, realize they don't work like in the movies, and demand a refund because they are "defective". That's when the prices will stabilize.
Thanks...
Yeah... your 50 cal desert eagle won't sound like a blow dart...lol
Wait,... oil filters aren't allowed??? I'll be right back.