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I'll try to better explain my position. The bill would make silencers the same as buying any title 1 gun. That means a lot of them out there not registered to the owner. Stolen, private sale, straw purchased for criminals. This is common with handguns. Handguns make up the majority of gun crime. The issue is all the guns here used in a crime came from a manufacturer/dealer and wound up on the street.
With NFA registration and transfer of registration people are keeping accountability of the guns exc. not using them in crime.
Here's annual statistic from 2011
84,258 nonfatal injuries
11,208 deaths by homicide
21,175 by suicide with a firearm
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