Everything You’re NOT Supposed to Know About Suppressors

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What firearm suppressors are, what they aren’t, why they are restricted in the US, and why they shouldn’t be.

Table of Contents:
Introduction – 0:01
Thompsons and Prohibition – 1:55
The 1934 NFA Bill – 4:07
The NFA Today – 12:49
New Restrictions – 14:54
Benefits of Suppressors – 23:49
The Real Threat – 27:36

1934 National Firearms Act Hearings:
https://books.google.com/books?id=DFwWAAAAIAAJ

Actual Criminal Use of Suppressors:
https://www.westerncriminology.org/documents/WCR/v08n2/clark.pdf

Transcript with Notes:
https://www.trex-arms.com/2019/07/18/everything-youre-not-supposed-to-know-about-suppressors/

Corrections:
HP Maxim’s Silencer patent was actually granted in 1909. I said 1916 because I was thinking about the Thompson…

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