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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Federal law requires buyers to apply with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and be approved.
56% : Card already had submitted information to the federal government to purchase it, and federal authorities had approved the sale to that point, he said.
48% : Silencers are more heavily regulated under federal law than most firearms.

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