Saw an ad for suppressors being sold in Illinois...

[seanie!]

As far as I know, they're not legal in this state. Does this sound like a set up? Should I email the seller in question and inform him what he's doing isn't legal? Should I let it go and ignore it? I'm curious what you guys would do.

 

[Davey Wavey]

Where did you see this?

 

[Onmilo]

Don't get yourself involved, it is probably some sort of sting operation.
Illinois takes a dimmer view of supressors than they do full auto and an even dimmer view of short barrelled anything!

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

five-0

 

[blackDdefense]

forward it to your local LEO

 

[silversport]

nobody can possess suppressors in Illinois legally...no one...
Bill

 

[CWL]

Let's see the ad. Please scan it and put it up here.

 

[kk0g]

The old adage of mind your own business seems to fit here.

 

[Owen Sparks]

Don't get involved. Nothing good can come of it.

 

[7.62 Nato]

It sounds like they have enough rope to hang themselves if they're advertising SOUND supressors, not flash supressors in a public forum.

 

[bcp280z]

Was it on Craigslist?

Anyway you look at it it's sketch.

 

[Sheepdog1968]

A friend of mine had a quote from the movie "The Flim-flam Many" that is somewhat appropiate for this and quite a few other situations "You can't cheat an honest man." I'd stay away from it.

 

[DeepSouth]

My policy

MYOB

 

[Apocalypse-Now]

cheese it, man. it's the fuzz.

 

[seanie!]

I decided to just let this one go. It's definitely for a sound suppressor. For everyone who asked, here's the ad with the contact info scratched out:

 

[USAF_Vet]

I wouldn't contact the seller. It could be a crook trying to sell illegal materials, or it could be the cops trying to wrangle in people who would buy illegal materials.

I like to idea of forwarding the ad to the cops, and let them handle it. But if it were me, I'd mind my own business.

 

[lemaymiami]

Reminds me of an ad in the Miami Herald some years ago that caught my eye.... the ad was for "auto sears" for AR type rifles... This, of course was back during the era when there were a fair number of illegal full auto weapons down here in paradise. Any way you slice it sounded like trouble for anyone involved.

 

[MtnCreek]

the ad was for "auto sears"

An add ran like that in Shotgun News for years. The add read 'COD Only'. I guess they wanted to see you hand the money over for the item.