The approval process for most guns takes about 20 minutes, but for a silencer it can take nine or 10 months. To offset the tax, another silencer seller, Advanced Armament Corp. of Lawrenceville ...

A silencer manufacturer has unveiled an unusual new gun that's meant to be seen but not heard: a pistol with a built-in silencer. The Maxim 9 is a pistol with a silencer integrated into the gun ...

For example, several gun manufacturers now offer real guns with fake silencers, such as this .22 caliber GSG handgun for sale in Utah or this Uzi from a Texas online gun retailer.

The Hearing Protection Act was stripped from the Senate budget reconciliation bill for not meeting the Byrd Rule.

Gun rights proponents and the silencer industry cite a study showing that in California, from 1995 to 2005, silencers appeared to be used for criminal purposes only 153 times in federal cases.

Firearm silencers could soon get deregulated if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cleared the House early in the day Thursday, survives the Senate.

It’s debatable that ear plugs protect ears better than a suppressor — and meanwhile, no self-respecting gun owner would use an AR-15 rifle without ear protection, even if he or she had a ...

Silencers have been regulated since the 1930s – alongside machine guns – in response to mobster violence. Nationwide, Americans purchased and paid the $200 fee to register more than 2.6 ...

Gun silencer sales in the United Sates are exploding as firearms owners are looking to accessorize. Silencer sales to civilians shot up 37% in 2013 to nearly 500,000 units, increasing from 360,000 ...

A bill containing a controversial provision that would make obtaining gun silencers easier passed its first hurdle Wednesday, advancing to the House floor.

A SilencerCo device mounted on a pistol. Many in the industry say Hollywood and the gun-control lobby have stigmatized silencers. (Contributed by SilencerCo / SilencerCo) A silencer is a device ...