§ 11-47-20 Sale or possession of
silencers. –
It shall be unlawful within this state to manufacture, sell, purchase, or
possess any muffler, silencer, or device for deadening or muffling the sound of
a firearm when discharged. Violations of this section shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than one year and one day.
(P.L. 1927, ch. 1052, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 404, § 8; G.L. 1956, §
11-47-14; G.L. 1956, § 11-47-20; P.L. 1959, ch. 75, § 1.)