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If a guy with No-Felony would have been caught with a Silencer he would have gotten 10 years + $100,000 in lawyer fees. But since he is a felon, they dropped the charges and paid for his lawyer fees.
You think they went easier on him because he was a felon?
Do you know how much maximum sentences are actually given (even when I think they should be)?
I've never dealt with the ATF and have no experience with anybody actually being charged with an illegal suppressor, but I'm willing to put money on a fine and adult supervision for a first time offender. I arrested a guy for felonious assault (2nd degree felony) and aggravated burglary (1st degree, most serious felony short of murder) for breaking into a house and beating two people with a baseball bat and he got off with supervised release and anger management classes.