Suppressor law
Legal
Civilian possession is legal under state law. No state carve-out is tied to federal registration.
| Statute | N/A (18 Pa.C.S. § 908(c)) |
| Notes | COMMON MISREAD CORRECTED: the § 2308(a)(5) deleted by Act 168 of 2016 was the AIR-GUN ban ('Any device operated by air, chemical or gas cylinder...'), not a muffler ban — PA never had a § 2308 silencer prohibition. Several secondary sites claiming PA bans suppressor hunting are wrong; resolved from primary text. § 908(a)'s generic 'except as authorized by law' is not NFA-keyed. |
| Hunting | No state-law prohibition — silencers/mufflers are not among the unlawful devices/methods of 34 Pa.C.S. § 2308(a), and no 58 Pa. Code device regulation restricts them (§§ 131.2, 141.6, 141.22, 141.43-141.45 checked). |
Federal context: suppressor tax $0 since Jan 1, 2026 (OBBBA); ATF stopped enforcing NFA approval/registration Oct 9, 2026. State law is unchanged and independently controls.
Carry law
A Pennsylvania permit is honored by 35 other states.
| Permit type | Shall Issue |
| Constitutional carry | No |
| Duty to inform | No proactive duty |
| Open carry | Allowed |
| Minimum age | 21 |
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