Just think about this...if they change the rules on the process to buy supressors to match that of regular firearms, instantaneously the retail sales channel will completely explode.

Companies that don't have the business model to get their products in those retail outlets will suffer bigly. And on top of that in general I think many supressor sales are repeat customers. Of course not all but a lot. If a company misses that first wave should the HPA pass it could hurt them for years to come.

Then on top of that, let's say it becomes effective January 1, 2026. Everybody else gets to work on ramping up supplying the market while Silencer Central gets to scramble around trying to get their products on retail shelves as well. Six months is not that long to establish that at all.

In short they opposed the HPA because other supressor manufacturers stand to make more money than them and take a larger piece of the pie over the short and longer term.

"Who cares if you have to submit to and be on a permanent gun control registry. What about me?" pretty much sums up the whole thing.