Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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There is a new silencer shop in Charleston, SC. For those of you on the coast this is exciting due to the limited number of gun shops with a class III license. Jeff Ross has opened Carolina Silencer to specialize in the sale of silencers, and he is stream lining the process for the convenience Read More …
South Carolinians have long enjoyed hunting with suppressors, but many states prohibit this same activity. South Carolina’s sister state, North Carolina, was one such state until very recently. A comprehensive firearm law was recently signed into law, and among other things, the new law removes state restrictions on hunting with a silencer in North Carolina. Read More …
In the NFA world, the ATF is notorious for poor record keeping. With the advent of computers and databases one would expect these problems to be under control. Unfortunately this is not the case and the ATF continues to lose NFA firearm registration forms. The effect can range from merely a nuisance to devastating depending Read More …
Silencers have been catching on with the hunting crowd and articles on their use have made recent appearances in a couple of popular magazines. The National Rifle Associations’ American Hunter and the classic Fur-Fish-Game each carried articles on silencers in the past several months. As all national publications must do out of necessity, the magazine Read More …
Silencers, Suppressors, and Cans: Oh my! What’s the difference? Nothing really; all of the names refer to the same item. Silencer is the name used by Congress to designate a device for “silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in Read More …