Changing restrictions on firearm noise suppressors
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 6:07 pm
Just learned the silencer bill passed here in Washington.
Now (or in 90 days) I can pop off rounds from the chicken coop with out bothering the layers or stampeding the horses out of the pasture.. coyotes have been traipsing thru the end of the pasture unmolested...
Wonder how they effect accuracy?
Could 'own' a silencer for a $200 -TAX- and a back ground check prior to this but was not allowed to use it.
HB 1016
Brief Summary of Bill
Allows the use of a contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of a
firearm if the suppressor is legally registered and possessed under federal law.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the
bill is passed.
Feb 7 Committee recommendations adopted.
Placed on third reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 6
For more info check it out http://dlr.leg.wa.gov/tld/results.aspx?params=2011,1016
Now (or in 90 days) I can pop off rounds from the chicken coop with out bothering the layers or stampeding the horses out of the pasture.. coyotes have been traipsing thru the end of the pasture unmolested...
Wonder how they effect accuracy?
Could 'own' a silencer for a $200 -TAX- and a back ground check prior to this but was not allowed to use it.
HB 1016
Brief Summary of Bill
Allows the use of a contrivance or device for suppressing the noise of a
firearm if the suppressor is legally registered and possessed under federal law.
Effective Date: The bill takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the session in which the
bill is passed.
Feb 7 Committee recommendations adopted.
Placed on third reading.
Third reading, passed; yeas, 88; nays, 4; absent, 0; excused, 6
For more info check it out http://dlr.leg.wa.gov/tld/results.aspx?params=2011,1016