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riversedge

(70,305 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:47 AM Oct 2017

House slated to vote this wk to ease curbs on silencers which critics say makes it harder to detect

@HouseGOP Please please please please don't. #lasvegas #GunControlNow #gunsense @speakerRyan

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House slated to vote this wk to ease curbs on silencers which critics say makes it harder to detect source of gunfire in mass shootings

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House slated to vote this wk to ease curbs on silencers which critics say makes it harder to detect (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2017 OP

It's the Hearing Protection Act BeyondGeography Oct 2017 #1

Gee, I wonder how that will go with the republican majority being a justhanginon Oct 2017 #2

Yeah, and look at the flack I'm getting in my post asking people sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #3

It's because you based your request on hyperbole and not facts. Kaleva Oct 2017 #5

Interesting history regarding silencer law MosheFeingold Oct 2017 #4

BeyondGeography

(39,380 posts)

1. It's the Hearing Protection Act

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:51 AM

Oct 2017

Why are you opposed to hearing?

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)

2. Gee, I wonder how that will go with the republican majority being a

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:59 AM

Oct 2017

wholly owned subsidiary of the NRA and King LaPierre. Scum!

sinkingfeeling

(51,474 posts)

3. Yeah, and look at the flack I'm getting in my post asking people

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:01 AM

Oct 2017

to call a toll free number to oppose it.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029660318

Kaleva

(36,351 posts)

5. It's because you based your request on hyperbole and not facts.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:50 AM

Oct 2017

Your comment:

"Ask them how much worse last night would have been if people can't hear the gunfire."

Members pointed out to you that a suppressed mid to high powered rifle is very loud.

Edit: The main problem IMO are semi-automatics with detachable high capacity magazines.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)

4. Interesting history regarding silencer law

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 10:34 AM

Oct 2017

It was tacked onto the initial law (back in the 1920-s30s) at the insistence of Southern states --- as an anti-poaching measure.

Hollywood aside, they're much more useful for poachers than hit men -- the weapon is not remotely silent (unless shooting a subsonic .22), but simply does not carry like an unmuffled shot. Bad guys get around the law using simple things like wet towels or even oil filters that can screw onto a barrel.

In Europe, a lot of areas mandate hunters use silencers to avoid disturbing people.

I've got many concerns with guns, but silencers is not a big one to spend a lot of energy on. They're expensive, not overly useful for doing bad things, and have a legitimate use.

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