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Justice Department won’t enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department moved Friday to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and certain other guns without registering them with the federal government following a court ruling that struck down provisions of a key law. The Trump administration announced the

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