Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumGun silencer sales are soaring
Loosening state restrictions have given the industry a boost. Silencers are now legal in 41 states, compared to 37 four years ago.
Getting approved to buy a silencer also isn't easy. Federal regulations for silencers are stricter than the background checks for most guns.
The buyer has to mail or fax a photo and fingerprints to the ATF and pay a $200 tax. Approval often takes nine months.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/30/news/companies/gun-silencer-sales-up/
villager
(26,001 posts)Now all those "targets" at the range won't know what hit 'em!
hack89
(39,171 posts)even with a silencer, the gun is plenty loud. It might come as a shock but reality is not like the movies.
villager
(26,001 posts)...when it comes to guns.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)... features that increase personal safety and ergonomics.
Guns are loud. It's inherent with firearms. But, put a muffler on it to moderate the noise? Illegal in 9 states, $200 fee, registration, and a 9-month wait otherwise.
Gun barrels get hot. It's inherent with firearms. But, put a heat shield on it to avoid burns? It turns a gun into an "assault weapon" and either illegal or tightly controlled in a bunch of states.
People are different sizes. It's inherent with people. But, put a quick-adjustable buttstock on it to accommodate different arm lengths? "Assault weapon."
Nearly-vertical grips are more ergonomic than nearly-horizontal grips. It's inherent with the design of the human hand. But put one on a long gun may turn it into an "assault weapon". And don't even THINK about putting two of them on a gun!
Can you think of any other consumer product that liberals and progressives actively fight to prohibit safely and ergonomic improvements?
villager
(26,001 posts)think of the poor mass murderers!
krispos42
(49,445 posts)Gun owners deserve every lost decibel of hearing and ache and pain and numbness in their hands simply because they're aiding and abetting a massive stain on humanity.
Gotcha.
Arguing that I'm wrong? Apparently not something you care to do.
Are you aware of just how lame the argument that reducing ergonomics will somehow save lives?
villager
(26,001 posts)You wanna make work more ergonomic for field hands? Factory workers? Service industry employees?
Let's talk.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)In fact, you actively campaign to make preventive laws on a federal and state level.
As a means to reduce the murder rate, of all things.
villager
(26,001 posts)There's a difference.
krispos42
(49,445 posts)And then you spend years campaigning to ban the features I've mentioned. Active, prolonged, effort.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)sarisataka
(18,663 posts)that you equate all gun users with mass murders.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)and the least used weapons for that too is also telling on how out of touch some are.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)It's also well controlled here in the U.S. As they are registered, whereas even guns aren't.
villager
(26,001 posts)Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)(See what I did there?)
blueridge3210
(1,401 posts)COULD YOU SPEAK UP A BIT??????
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)2 of them only have 22lr mufflers, while the third (and NFA dealer) has 4.
I'd like to have a 30 cal one...
the band leader
(139 posts)but have yet to put anything in it. I probably need to get around to doing that.
Hangingon
(3,071 posts)Saw a story about an outfit that makes an adapter that screws onto the barrel and then threads to an auto oil filter. Cost $75 plus usual BATF tax. Seemed to work okay.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)How many people have been killed with suppressors?
...Exclude those killed by police and other government agents.