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5. Why does anyone need a suppressor? My dad shot I don't know how many deer with one shot

Reply to hack89 (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 1, 2019, 09:52 PM

Jun 2019

using a bolt action 30/06 or 243 rifle that held like 3 or 4 rounds. He didn't need a semi-auto AR-15 with a 30 round magazine
and a suppressor. A few years ago a person may have had a .38 revolver of maybe a 1911 /.45. Now people have a dozen handguns that can fire 15 to 20 rounds without reloading. This country has gone gun crazy.

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Sitting here with my head about to explode about the Virginia Beach massacre. NRA [View all] cornball 24 Jun 2019 OP

I heard the shooter had a silencer. WTF does anyone need a silencer? That is doc03 Jun 2019 #1

The NRA and gun manufacturers have been lobbying for years to make silencers (suppressors) sop Jun 2019 #2

Suppressors are not silencers hack89 Jun 2019 #4

Why does anyone need a suppressor? My dad shot I don't know how many deer with one shot doc03 Jun 2019 #5

To reduce hearing loss hack89 Jun 2019 #6

Use f---g ear plugs. nt doc03 Jun 2019 #8

Suppressed guns are still as loud as jack hammers hack89 Jun 2019 #10

Please don't pettifog terminology after these events, and "damn loud" doesn't mean as loud as uponit7771 Jun 2019 #7

Still as loud as a jack hammer hack89 Jun 2019 #11

Depends on the suppressor and distance ... There's no good argument for them uponit7771 Jun 2019 #12

I find mine useful hack89 Jun 2019 #13

Because they suck at hunting. Volaris Jun 2019 #9

Dont worry, the NRA will die soon via in-fighting and Ms Letitia James donkeypoofed Jun 2019 #3