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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6697732" data-attributes="member: 549629">&quot;The United States taxes and strictly regulates the manufacture and sale of suppressors under the National Firearms Act. They are legal for individuals to possess and use for lawful purposes in thirty-eight of the fifty states.[16] However, a prospective user must go through an application process administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which requires a Federal tax payment of USD 200.00 and a thorough criminal background check. The USD 200.00 buys a tax stamp, which is the legal document allowing possession of a silencer.&quot; - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor" target="_blank">Suppressor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>You said my comment was a myth, then go on to admit you have to have a permit to own one (exactly what i said). A thorough background check, including fingerprinting, a $200 tax stamp (for each silencer) and a local official signing off that you can have one (which he can deny if you do not pose any better reason to own one than you just want one) is exactly what i said also, &quot;very difficult to obtain&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6697732, member: 549629"] [I]"The United States taxes and strictly regulates the manufacture and sale of suppressors under the National Firearms Act. They are legal for individuals to possess and use for lawful purposes in thirty-eight of the fifty states.[16] However, a prospective user must go through an application process administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which requires a Federal tax payment of USD 200.00 and a thorough criminal background check. The USD 200.00 buys a tax stamp, which is the legal document allowing possession of a silencer."[/I] - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressor"]Suppressor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] You said my comment was a myth, then go on to admit you have to have a permit to own one (exactly what i said). A thorough background check, including fingerprinting, a $200 tax stamp (for each silencer) and a local official signing off that you can have one (which he can deny if you do not pose any better reason to own one than you just want one) is exactly what i said also, "very difficult to obtain". [/QUOTE]

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