r/canadaguns • u/Revolutionary-Owl576 • Jul 28 '26

Shooting Pure freedom🇺🇸 Trip to the usa

Honey badger 300Blackout suppressed

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u/Dill_Pickle_Tears Jul 28 '26

Weirdly enough, suppressors were banned in the 50s and can be traced back to before this. It was related to poaching concerns and the concealment of crime (huge pop culture influence).

It’s a shame it was never reversed.

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u/waitwhatnothing Jul 29 '26

The suppressor ban predates Hollywood action movies by a few decades. It seems to have happened in the 30’s. I have yet to find a definitive source on the rationale but I’d be willing to bet that it was almost entirely about poaching. Poaching was rampant in the depression and populations of a lot of game animals were in decline.Â