1988
- 2010 AAC – Special Projects Coordinator
- Sept 8, 2011 – Formed The American Suppressor Association
- First President of the ASA
- December 2013 – became Executive Director of ASA
About Knox Williams
Knox Williams is the founder of the American Suppressor Association (ASA), the national trade and advocacy group for the suppressor industry. He started at Advanced Armament Corp. (AAC) as a part-time intern in January 2009 and, after graduating from the University of Georgia with a history degree, became AAC’s Special Projects Coordinator in 2010, where he built the company’s consumer education site on suppressor laws. In August 2011 he organized an industry meeting in Washington, D.C., and on September 8, 2011, the group was incorporated as the American Silencer Association, later renamed the American Suppressor Association. He left AAC at the end of 2011 to work for the association full time and became its paid Executive Director in December 2013.
Under his leadership the ASA lobbied in dozens of states, helping legalize suppressor ownership in states such as Iowa, Minnesota and Vermont and hunting with suppressors in many more, including Georgia in 2014. The association also helped draft the federal Hearing Protection Act and pushed to eliminate the $200 National Firearms Act tax on suppressors and shorten NFA wait times. In April 2025 he was elected to the National Rifle Association Board of Directors, and he has served as a Senior Fellow for American Justice Policy at the America First Policy Institute. For more on suppressor laws, see Suppressor Buyers Guide.com.
Key Facts
- January 2009: Begins as an intern at Advanced Armament Corp.
- 2010: Hired full time as AAC Special Projects Coordinator
- September 8, 2011: American Silencer Association (now American Suppressor Association) incorporated
- December 2013: Becomes ASA’s paid Executive Director
- July 1, 2014: Hunting with a suppressor becomes legal in Georgia, the eighth state the ASA helped change
- April 2025: Elected to the NRA Board of Directors
Sources
- Why I Formed the American Suppressor Association (Soldier Systems Daily)
- ASA President Knox Williams Elected to the NRA Board of Directors (Soldier Systems Daily)
- Knox Williams (America First Policy Institute)
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