Lawmakers highlight George Peterson's sentence as proof DOJ should stop suppressor prosecutions
The Chair used the case of George Peterson—sentenced to two years in federal prison for possessing an unregistered suppressor—to argue DOJ should cease defending similar prosecutions and to urge reversal or relief for people convicted under the prior enforcement regime.
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The Chair described the 2022 federal prosecution of George Peterson, a small licensed firearm dealer who kept an old suppressor in a safe at home. The Chair said Peterson was sentenced to two years in federal prison and called the outcome "abhorrent," urging DOJ to reverse prosecutions brought under the older enforcement regime.
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