Republicans find a creative way to increase
2nd Amendment freedom
American Thinker,
by
D. Parker
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
2/2/2025 8:44:54 AM
Rep. Mike Cloud (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) have introduced legislation to eliminate the excessive regulations on the suppressor, a common firearm accessory.
For pro-freedom patriots, this is all a part of the winning, but for the far left, it will be all about the whining. For Hollywood, it’s always been a fixture of spy movies to show suppressors as near-mythical devices that can make any gun completely silent, along with standard magazines with an endless supply of ammunition. The reality is that there are three sources of noise from a gunshot: the mechanical noise of the gun, the noise of the shot itself, and the breaking
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/2/2025 8:59:15 AM (No. 1887385)
Very little interest out here in silencers. What we want most is concealed carry in all 50 states for people who are not criminals.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Hazymac 2/2/2025 9:08:02 AM (No. 1887396)
The gun controllers regard suppressors (silencers) as devices used by professional assassins to kill people silently, and that suppressed firearms are actually silent whern fired. The reason for suppressors is to protect the hearing of shooters. A suppressed rifle or pistol is still quite loud, but when practicing, shooters should use eye and ear protection. There is no good reason why suppressors are so difficult to obtain, other than butt-headed gun controllers.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Californian 2/2/2025 9:34:11 AM (No. 1887411)
1, that's nice for you. I am extremely interested in having a suppressor on all of my fire arms.
They reduce the muzzle blast significantly, they reduce recoil which allows for faster firing and easier follow up aimed shots, and the 30db reduction is the difference between rattling your teeth and losing your hearing and a great experience at the range or in the field.
I already live in a cc state. Having a safer and better firing experience is much more important to me than being able to carry in California or Massachusetts.
Not paying a $200 ATF fee and waiting up to a year for each device is huge, too.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DaddyO 2/2/2025 10:02:15 AM (No. 1887437)
Silencers on a revolver in a movie... always good for a laugh.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 2/2/2025 10:36:20 AM (No. 1887473)
“We’re gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning! And you’ll say, please, please it’s too much winning, we can’t take it anymore!”
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Laotzu 2/2/2025 10:48:07 AM (No. 1887484)
Note to Lefties: suppressors are unregulated in Europe. Let's be more European, right?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Hazymac 2/2/2025 10:48:53 AM (No. 1887485)
Some people hear "silencer," and they automatically think of hitmen. The first replier is likely one of those, having never considered that people who go to the range to shoot a lot must protect their ears. A well silenced .22 short round might indeed make no more noise than a cracking stick, but it has to be used point blank. Most silenced weapons are not silent at all. There is not reason other than buttheadedness for suppressors and silencers to be difficult to get.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 2/2/2025 11:35:24 AM (No. 1887529)
Suppressors have become dramatically more popular in the last 5-10 years. Still a huge hassle to get the paperwork done, and while I waited a year for the clowns at ATF to approve my paperwork, apparently if you do it online today, the wait is down to a few days. But still $200 tax on each transfer, and huge paperwork requirement, fingerprinting, photographs, approval of the 'chief law enforcement officer", typically the county sheriff.
They are good to quiet down shooting, and really do protect hearing. Especially useful when hunting because you want to be able to hear game and don't have time to use hearing protection once the animal is sighted.
Even places which have extreme regulation of firearms often have NO regulation of suppressors, and they are often seen as merely politeness to not have your gun be so obnoxiously loud. Like having a muffler on your car, not having one is rude to all around you.
I hope this passes. I'd buy a few more of the things.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 2/2/2025 11:38:57 AM (No. 1887533)
Remember, everything you learned about guns from movies and TV are false. Revolvers can't shoot 15 times, semi-auto rifles can't shoot like a machine gun. A standard rifle or pistol magazine cannot fire 60 times, and 'silencers' are not silent.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
JimBob 2/2/2025 1:11:04 PM (No. 1887611)
As #8 noted, it's like having a muffler on your car.
Car mufflers have been around for quite a while, and no-one complains about cars having them, quite the opposite, in fact.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
chumley 2/2/2025 3:32:30 PM (No. 1887697)
Never had any interest in suppressors. The boom is half the fun. Still, if someone else wants one I have no problem with it. Same with fully automatic weapons. I discovered in the military that on auto you miss the vast majority of the time, and the waste of expensive ammo is horrible. Now that I'm paying for my own bullets I'm not interested. If someone else has that much extra income, ok then.
Too many people trying to tell other people what to do.
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