Texas Senate has passed HB 957, exempting Texas-made suppressors from the NFA.

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4. In countries where suppressors are essentailly unregulated such as New Zealand, a rimfire suppressor

can be had for as little as $87. In contrast, the least expensive suppressors here in the USA are about $300, to which one must add a $200 tax stamp, and wait around a year for approval.

Amusing anecdote: When I was in the process of purchasing a suppressor around ten years ago, the salesman at the gun store was helping me fill out the paperwork for it, and there was a box that had to filled out labeled "reason for purchase". He told me of a customer who insisted on writing "because chicks dig it" in the box. He informed the customer that the BATF has absolutely no sense of humor regarding this sort of thing, but the guy insisted on putting that on the form. Needless to say, he was denied (and the $200 tax stamp fee is not refundable).'

Following his advice, I wrote "To reduce noise pollution" on the form.