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Senate committee clears bill to remove ambiguous state language on firearm suppressors
Summary
The Senate committee passed SB 400, a cleanup bill removing ambiguous state code language about devices adapted for 'silent discharge' and aligning state law with existing federal suppressor rules; senators raised law-enforcement and public-safety questions during debate.
Senate Bill 400, a bill described by its sponsor as a technical cleanup to Arkansas code language concerning firearm suppressors, passed the City, County & Local Affairs Committee after more than an hour of debate and a roll-call vote.
Sponsor Senator Ballinger told the committee the state provision is ambiguous and could be read to prohibit devices adapted for 'silent discharge' even though suppressors do not, in…
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