The Hearing Protection Act removes silencers from the National Firearms Act, which puts them in the same category as machine guns and grenades. Arizona, like most states, allows civilians to own and hunt with a silencer. Silencers are subject to additional requirements – you must fill out extra paperwork and pay a $200 tax to own one, for example – but it’s totally allowed under federal law.Ī handful of states (like California and New York) still ban silencers, but many others have loosened their laws in recent years. Federal law allows civilians to own silencers – and has for decades. So, first, let’s debunk the myths: Myth 1: Silencers are illegal

Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., introduced in 2015 to remove some restrictions from silencers. Yet, sadly, a lot of people consider it truth – and it’s clouding their judgment of the Hearing Protection Act of 2019, a version of a bill that former Rep. You’ve seen that scene in movies where some deranged assassin screws a silencer on his pistol and kills someone, or maybe a bunch of someones, completely undetected.