States Clean Up Suppressor Laws as Federal NFA Transfer Tax Hits Zero
South Dakota, Arizona, Missouri, and Ohio are revising statutes that tied suppressor legality to the now-eliminated $200 NFA transfer tax to protect compliant owners.
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