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The 21 Gun

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I know this isn't much, but I threw it together tonight in a haze of lust.

For my 21st birthday this September, I'm planning my first pistol purchase to be a Kimber Stainless TLE II (pictured here), and I'm also going to put in the proper government paperwork/tax for a Silencerco 45Osprey sound suppressor (pictured here) to put on said Kimber Stainless TLE II. Of course, I'll need a threaded barrel too, which will be a Storm Lake threaded 1911 barrel (uh, pictured here... for as much as it can be pictured here).

A lot of people don't realize that in a vast majority of the states in the United States, it's perfectly legal to buy a silencer (more accurately called a sound suppressor or just suppressor - they quiet the gun but do not come close to "silencing" it). Even people that know it's legal think you need a special license for it, which is not true either. There are a couple ways to go about it. As an individual, you need to fill out the BATFE form 4 in duplicate, which includes two passport-size photos of yourself, two fingerprints, and a signature from a Chief Law Enforcement Officer - usually your county sheriff. Then you send all that and a $200 tax payment to the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATFE). They go over your paperwork and run a background check, and once they've approved you, which usually takes about 2 to 3 months, you get your tax stamp back and you go pick up your silencer from the seller, completely legally.

Your other option is to register the silencer under a living trust or a corporation, which bypasses the photos, fingerprints, and CLEO signature, but the form 4, $200 tax, and 2 to 3 month wait are still required.

I think this was more of a blog post than a real art update, but... I figure you guys like seeing more guns anyway.
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