With the Senate Parliamentarian having ruled that suppressors can’t be removed from the NFA through the reconciliation process, it looks like possibility #2 from our newsletter a few weeks ago is happening:
The 0$ tax stamp has a lot of downside potential - in that it leaves all the "can't work on your own can" and "suppressor parts require registration" while removing the incentive for quick and efficient form 4 processing. I fear this will be worse than nothing if we see wait times going back up and nothing but the whim of the agency standing between the cheap suppressor customer and a prison sentence.
The suppressor parts thing is ridiculous and definitely the next biggest hurdle (assuming wait times don't go up, which is probably a safe assumption in the long run but not in the short run). It can be solved via executive order but the current administration has been all talk on this topic so far.
It's possible that zeroing out the tax leads the agency to reconsider the suppressor parts BS, if only to cut down on the amount of forms they have to field since they're not even getting a tiny stream of revenue to make them worthwhile. If nixing the tax and taking a more rational approach to parts works out, things like oil filter adapters, or a cheap metal tube designed for 3d printed disposable baffles make relatively effective suppression much more accessible for diy types to mess with, use (and knowledge) become much more widespread, and that would be largely a good thing - and it will also lead to a massive increase in the number of "fail to do the right form" type felonies that will hit otherwise sympathetic defendants and open up a couple of avenues for challenging the legality of imposing criminal penalties on people for failing to pay their $0 taxes.
If the $0 Tax Stamp comes through, someone enterprising will come out with a simple but effective $60 can intended as a consumable and turn the market on its head.
The 0$ tax stamp has a lot of downside potential - in that it leaves all the "can't work on your own can" and "suppressor parts require registration" while removing the incentive for quick and efficient form 4 processing. I fear this will be worse than nothing if we see wait times going back up and nothing but the whim of the agency standing between the cheap suppressor customer and a prison sentence.
The suppressor parts thing is ridiculous and definitely the next biggest hurdle (assuming wait times don't go up, which is probably a safe assumption in the long run but not in the short run). It can be solved via executive order but the current administration has been all talk on this topic so far.
It's possible that zeroing out the tax leads the agency to reconsider the suppressor parts BS, if only to cut down on the amount of forms they have to field since they're not even getting a tiny stream of revenue to make them worthwhile. If nixing the tax and taking a more rational approach to parts works out, things like oil filter adapters, or a cheap metal tube designed for 3d printed disposable baffles make relatively effective suppression much more accessible for diy types to mess with, use (and knowledge) become much more widespread, and that would be largely a good thing - and it will also lead to a massive increase in the number of "fail to do the right form" type felonies that will hit otherwise sympathetic defendants and open up a couple of avenues for challenging the legality of imposing criminal penalties on people for failing to pay their $0 taxes.
Well said
If the $0 Tax Stamp comes through, someone enterprising will come out with a simple but effective $60 can intended as a consumable and turn the market on its head.
The Rebel Silencers .22 can (aluminum, screw together design) had a dealer cost of $49, retail $99. Unfortunately they lost their FFL.☹️
Wow. Their margins must have been thin at $49.
Probably. But there's way less to their cans than other designs.
We'll fund them.
More people will hopefully enjoy the goodness of the Inland Manufacturing PM-22 can!
Knurled metal is a vibe.