Silencers in MA

[Rob Boudrie]

I agree.

I could be wrong about this but I thought I remember there being some obscure historical context for the term assault weapon, that actually existed before the political left came up with the term to mean any kind of firearm that they want to ban. Maybe stemming from some specific use case in world war 1 or 2? It didn’t apply to military arms in general. But my memory is bad and maybe that’s not a thing.

Either way, it doesn’t matter. An AR15 is not an assault weapon. I just call it a rifle. More accurately, a carbine. But I call it a rifle.

Why is a gun not called a murder weapon until it has been used in a kill, but a rifle never used in an assault is called an assault rifle?

 

[40 Creedmoor fan]

I do not care for silencers.
I do believe that owning suppressors, just like any part of a rifle is a constitutionally protected right.

 

[whatluck]

lol obvious troll thread

 

[Uzi2]

Why is a gun not called a murder weapon until it has been used in a kill, but a rifle never used in an assault is called an assault rifle?

Because the left will use anything (including false names and descriptions) to help persuade the gullible dumb public to their way of thinking.

 

[chris_1001]

So apparently the reasons cops can possess suppressors in Ma but the rest of us can't, don't apply to us.

Kops > us

 

[Dench]

Why is a gun not called a murder weapon until it has been used in a kill, but a rifle never used in an assault is called an assault rifle?

The name "assault" probably has more to do with doctrine than literal interpretation.

 

[HorizontalHunter]

I do not care for silencers.

Freedom of choice is always a good thing.

I do believe that owning suppressors, just like any part of a rifle is a constitutionally protected right.

This.

 

[FalArAk]

So cops can pretty much ignore all the Ma bullshit. How wonderful for them.

They won't put their support behind any anti-gun laws unless they are exempt from them..

NY SAFE Act for reference.

Pic is from a CA cop, but same rules apply.

 

[Varmint]

Origin of term​

The term assault rifle is generally attributed to Adolf Hitler, who used the German word Sturmgewehr (which translates to "assault rifle") as the new name for the MP 43

From

Assault rifle - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But, if you read on, that might not be right.

Crazy Germans. I remember the FG42 from one of the online shooters, MOH:Allied Assault or Call of Duty?

 

[Varmint]

I have always thought that that would be a legitimate course of action to overturn the suppressor nonsense. The hearing of a lot of gun owners has been damaged due to their inability to access them.

The anti gun crowd wants you dead. They don’t care about your hearing.

 

[HorizontalHunter]

The anti gun crowd wants you dead. They don’t care about your hearing.

After they take your money.

 

[chris_1001]

After they take your money.

Shut up and take my freedom

(In my fry voice)

 

[dcmdon]

As others have said. Cops can only have them as issued gear. They can not own them.

Regarding use. I know of a metro-west PD that has a .45 ACP break action single shot rifle with a silencer non it.
They use it for euthanizing animals that have been hit by a car or are sick.

The PD issues Glock 21s in .45 ACP, so the cops always have the ammo on them anyway.

 

[jct61765]

So apparently the reasons cops can possess suppressors in Ma but the rest of us can't, don't apply to us.

Did you look at the license plate?

 

[dcmdon]

So cops can pretty much ignore all the Ma bullshit. How wonderful for them.

Not with suppressors. They are in the same boat as the rest of us.

 

[Mountain]

Can cops own silencers in MA - is there a cop carve out? I've seen patrol rifles with silencers on them like this but never an assault weapon with one.

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Dunno. The bigger question is can cops have patrol bikes with CA plates in MA?