Re: 09 Suppressed White Tail VIDEO
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: hunter223</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks for the map bro </div></div>
No prob, I got similar static when I called the GF&P last fall, so instead, I wrote an email to the head man in charge at the State Capitol. This was his response.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Suppressors are considered controlled weapons in SD and are <span style="text-decoration: underline">illegal</span>. <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic">However, federally approved suppressors are not illegal.</span></span>
22-14-6. Possession of controlled weapon--Felony--Exceptions. Any person who knowingly possesses a controlled weapon is guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to any person who:
(1) Is a law enforcement officer or member of the armed forces of the United States or South Dakota National Guard acting in the lawful discharge of duties;
(2) Has a valid state or federal license issued pursuant to law for such weapon or has registered such weapon with the proper state or federal authority pursuant to law;
(3) Possesses a controlled weapon briefly after having found it or taken it from an offender; or
(4) Possesses a controlled weapon, except a machine gun or short shotgun, under circumstances which negate any purpose or likelihood that the weapon would be used unlawfully.
Source: SL 1976, ch 158, § 14-2; SL 1977, ch 189, § 27; SL 2005, ch 120, § 244. </div></div>
Since you have to have to be federally approved to buy one in the first place...thats a goofy opening line...but basiclly, If it doesn't say in law "NO HUNTING GAME/NON GAME WITH SUPPRESSORS" and you can legally own one in your state, your good to go.
