Annals of Ammo: Not All 9mm is Created Equal
At the risk of sounding like a Gen X grandpa (I qualify for both) I will say that gun buyers […]
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.
Even my local pawn shop now sells suppressors. Everywhere I go has a SOT and sells the fun stuff. All around social media, I see SBRs and cans with a hint of AOWs and SBS’s on the side.
The docs had tried it before but failed. Some members called them “gun nuts.” However, the seven coauthors, ear, nose and throat surgeons with more than a century of combined practice experience can be persuasive.
CDC research has shown that “The only potentially effective noise control method to reduce [shooters’] noise exposure from gunfire is through the use of noise suppressors that can be attached to the end of the gun barrel.”
Last week Jon Wayne Taylor and I attended the American Suppressor Association Foundation (ASA-F) Silent Night Banquet, a fundraiser dinner