Suppressors are for safety
So says the Munroe Fall Police Chief:
Police Chief Scott Bellinger hopes new sound suppressers and residents’ input on the schedule for the police firing range can result in a quieter shooting practice for both Munroe Falls Police and residents this spring.
A meeting will take place March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Munroe Falls City Hall.
Stow and Silver Lake officers, who also use the Munroe Falls range, will be present.
Bellinger said the goal of the meeting is to try to minimize the effects the Munroe Falls range has on the residents and their families by allowing them into the scheduling process for the range practices.
Sound suppression is the polite thing to do. Too bad the federal government makes that expensive and burdensome.
February 28th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
Move suppressors to Title I with federal preemption.
February 28th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
No, move them off the NFA act list, if we cannot get rid of it altogether. Title 1 would still need an ffl transfer and federal taxes, correct?
February 28th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
“No, move them off the NFA act list, if we cannot get rid of it altogether. Title 1 would still need an ffl transfer and federal taxes, correct?”
Bryan, Title I is non-NFA, Title II is NFA.
Title I is a 4473 and no tax, just like buying a Ruger 10/22 or the like.
Preemption means that the federal law overrules the state laws so California or New Jersey could not prohibit them.
Sorry if I caused you any confusion with the legal talk.
February 28th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
I grew up in Stow, don’t know what range they are talking about in the article. The Stow police have their own indoor range in the basement of their police/fire dept building so I’m not sure why they’d use Monroe Falls’ range unless it’s a larger outdoor facility. But hey, the more not “scary” press about suppressors the better.
February 28th, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I’m not sure why to even have suppressors on the Title I list anyhow. They should be on a shelf in a plastic shrink wrap right next to the spare magazines and slings. A suppressor has NEVER killed someone. Ever.
February 28th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
If I read that snippet of a report correctly, the main point of it is that the citizens of Monroe Falls are to be allowed to schedule their Police Department’s training.
Just suppose that coincides with a time those officers are not usually on duty. Will that being an increased cost of overtime to the PD? If so, anyone want to bet that some of the same citizens will beef about THAT?
February 28th, 2011 at 6:06 pm
“Title I is a 4473 and no tax, just like buying a Ruger 10/22 or the like.”
So why is a mechanism which (1) is not a weapon (2) does not “shoot” and (3) is not “automatic” on any list whatsoever?
Do they place handgrips, replacement screws, springs, and other non-sear parts on a list requiring permission to buy?
February 28th, 2011 at 9:59 pm
“So why is a mechanism which (1) is not a weapon (2) does not “shoot” and (3) is not “automatic” on any list whatsoever?”
Carl, you must be new to guns then. Allow me the one sentence summary: suppressors are subject to the tax regulation of the 1934 National Firearms Act which was recodified in 1968 at Title II.
“Do they place handgrips, replacement screws, springs, and other non-sear parts on a list requiring permission to buy?”
If they are for Title II weapons, the answer is yes.
March 1st, 2011 at 1:09 am
“If they are for Title II weapons, the answer is yes.”
Cite?
March 1st, 2011 at 10:23 am
I think what I was getting at in the first place, and the others are saying as well, why would we want to involve the government any more if we were able to take the suppressor off of the NFA list? it is no more a firearm than a muzzle brake is, and should not need any more paperwork.
Instead of trading one major registration for a minor registration is still registration… which leads to confiscation.
March 1st, 2011 at 12:16 pm
This is another movie thing, the baddies in the old B&W gangster pics used them, so they made their way onto the NFA.
Makes about as much sense as banning the 14-shot Peacemaker….but…OMG, it’s an ASSASSIN’S TOOL!
March 1st, 2011 at 12:27 pm
14-shot Peacemaker? Sounds like one of them fancy high-velocity magazines with the shoulder thing that goes up.
March 1st, 2011 at 8:38 pm
heh This is right in my back yard…