The ATF is cracking down on homemade silencer kits sold as "solvent traps" the agency says are illegal to possess without proper licensing.

Four years after the Texas Legislature passed a bill attempting to get around a federal registration requirement on gun silencers, Congress is weighing whether to do away with it altogether. House ...

There's a new firearm on the market with an attached silencer that is not covered by federal gun control laws because it's not considered a gun and it's not considered a silencer.

Together they campaigned for legalization of silencers. They've been around since the 1930s, but now silencers are legal in 40 states and the fastest growing sector of the gun industry.