The Trump administration’s decision to end the ban on sales of firearm sound suppressors, also known as silencers, to foreign private buyers prompted an investigation by a congressional committee ...

The country’s largest gun rights lobbying group, the National Rifle Association (NRA), is backing legislation that would make it easier for people to buy silencers, or suppressors. Restrictions on ...

Sometimes players in an industry have to take on the role of evangelists in order to open up crowds of new customers. The suppressor market – an accessory category within the firearms industry – is ...

A former Boulder police officer and Army National Guard member escaped a prison sentence Tuesday in a case in which he admitted to possessing and selling purloined military-grade rifle silencers. Eric ...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Monday introduced a bill to outlaw gun suppressors, also known as silencers. The Help Empower Americans to Respond Act would ban the importation, sale, manufacture, ...

As my colleague Lisa Mascaro is reporting Monday, Congressional Republicans are still planning to push through a package of bills sponsored by the National Rifle Assn. aimed at making it easier to ...

IOSCO COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Three men, including one from Iosco County, are facing federal charges, accused of not following federal laws when it comes to the sale of silencers for firearms. A ...

That “poofft” that accompanies a silenced gunshot in the movies? Pure Hollywood, say gun advocates. And the reality is, use of firearms silencers - or suppressors - is illegal for civilians in ...

In April, dozens of federal agents swarmed Wayne Hawkins’ rural Carroll County home armed with a warrant to seize assets, shut down his business and gather evidence of something he claims he never ...

A bill on the floor of the Minnesota House of Representatives could legalize gun suppressors. Depending on perspective, that's either nerve-wracking or exciting. The bill faces stiff opposition in the ...

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers said this week she’s rethinking her support for legislation that would ease some of the regulations on civilians buying noise-canceling devices for guns. “I have supported ...