Relates to removing the prohibition on firearm silencers

S 2099 proposes to remove current prohibitions on firearm silencers. The bill amends the environmental conservation law to allow individuals, excluding law enforcement, to possess and use silencers for hunting purposes. It also modifies the penal law by removing firearm silencers from the list of items that constitute criminal possession of a weapon. Additionally, the legislation revises the definition of an "assault weapon" by removing characteristics like threaded barrels, which are designed to accommodate silencers or other muzzle devices, from the criteria for classifying certain semiautomatic rifles and pistols.