Yep, in the realm of BATF%ck Idiocy we have this:
ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
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"Sound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation, constitute a silencer.
Therefore, it is illegal for an individual to replace deteriorated material within an already- registered suppressor without an approved ATF Form 1, ‘Application to Make and Register a Firearm,’” along with a “$200.00 making tax” and “a ‘no-marking’ variance…since there is no viable area in which to apply a serial number to the sound-absorbing material.”
ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
- kenpoprofessor
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
That was 11 years ago, and they also went after rubber grommets you use at the end of one.
Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day
Clyde
Have a great, gun carryin', Kenpo day
Clyde
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
Laughs in shoelaces.
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
I bought these for cleaning my pans really!
Just when you thought things could not get any weirder.
Just when you thought things could not get any weirder.

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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
This is hardly the biggest misuse of Chore Boy there is.
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
Possession of Chore Boy and a belt loop is probably punishable by death, or even worse.
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
YouTuber posted about it today. Starting at 3:20, there's a video(only really audio) taken by someone who'd bought a solvent trap, and got his friendly ATF 'visit'.
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Re: ATF Classifies Pot Scrubbers as Silencers, Makes Possession Illegal
Wow, I'd love to have coffee with that dude at 3:20. Thumbs up.
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