“In U.S. v. Stump, 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 842 (4th Cir. 1997), the trial judge found that the two silencers had been used by the defendant for legitimate ‘sporting purposes’ and characterized the offense as a technical, ‘bare-boned’ violation. The trial court thus sentenced the defendant to only two months imprisonment; but the Appeals Court ruled that the judge could not depart from the guidelines which required a minimum sentence of 27 months for illegal possession.” [Click here to download the 2007 paper Criminal Use of Firearm Silencers]
