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Sponsor defends SB 499 to preserve legal suppressors and strike 'silencer' from code amid safety questions
Georgia General Assembly – Committee Session · March 31, 2026
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Summary
Sponsor asked the committee to preserve the legal status of roughly 270,000 suppressors in Georgia and to remove 'silencer' from state code; members raised concerns about detectability and school shootings and pressed for assurances on public safety and law-enforcement tools.
A sponsor presented SB 499 and asked the committee to consider keeping the current legal status of about "270,000 suppressors that are legal in Georgia under federal law and state law," and to remove the word "silencer" from Georgia code so terminology matches modern usage. The sponsor said the…
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