cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/us_politics@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/1020780/justice-department-won-t-enforce-registration-rules-on-silencers-and-certain-guns
The Justice Department moved Friday to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and certain other guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law.
The Trump administration announced the enforcement policy changes after a Texas judge in August ruled the permitting process was unconstitutional. The judge’s ruling was limited to the parties involved in that case, but the Justice Department said Friday it would no longer enforce the registration requirements more broadly.
“The direction from the President, Congress, and the courts is clear,” Rob Cekada, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said in an emailed statement. “ATF is now following suit with our enforcement posture while continuing to ensure we remain focused where we are needed the most: combating violent crime in American communities.”
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This actually makes sense, and legally speaking as soon as the $200 went away, there was no legal reasoning to keep the forms.
The forms were justified by paying the tax, no tax, no forms.
I can’t think of a single criminal who used a silencer to commit a crime
Isn’t that more evidence of a suppressor’s strategic utility than their unpopularity?
The clearance for apparent homicides is only about 50%. And doesn’t include “nobody’s seen X since they ran away” and the like.