Facts Don’t Lie, But Anti-Gun Democrats Do Whenever the Subject is Silencers
Antigun politicians in Washington, D.C., must be getting nervous that provisions to remove unnecessary suppressor regulations – or at least […]
“These devices make it harder to hear gunfire. That means they delay police response time, make it easier for criminals to get away with murder, literally.”
Giffords’ push poll claims that the Hearing Protection Act would eliminate background checks on suppressor sales. That is an outright lie and Giffords knows it.
Anti-gun logic: Mass murderers use silencers (they don’t) so their victims can’t hear the gun shots (from bullets that go
At the risk of sounding like a Gen X grandpa (I qualify for both) I will say that gun buyers
“If we doubled it, if we just went to $400, you could sell only half as many and not lose a penny in revenue. If we tripled it, you might actually discourage some sales of silencers. Wouldn’t that be a good thing for us to be doing in this committee?”
I guess it just reminds me how effectively a huge number of left leaning voters have been lied to about guns and how they work (as well as gun owners, for that matter) and it’s hard to know how to start undoing that damage.
Suppressors reduce noise of a gunshot by as much as 30dB. This doesn’t take away the need for hearing protection, but it can make shooting safer for your hearing. Muffs and plugs are advertised as reducing sound levels by 30 dB but they often provide less protection.
No one should have to have a law degree to understand the technical serialization requirements for a simple hearing protection device. Senator Sheehy has done gun owners a great service by introducing this bill.
When executing a search warrant in Peterson’s home, ATF discovered an unregistered homemade suppressor. Peterson sought to have the charge dismissed based on his Second Amendment rights.