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14. Loud gun noise sends people into an immediate panic, as they will scatter and run.

Reply to EL34x4 (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 8, 2017, 12:16 PM

Jan 2017

If it's silent more people will stay grouped together unaware they are easier targets.

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Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that. [View all] demmiblue Jan 2017 OP

Completely asinine... Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #1

What Is Wrong With These People?....nt global1 Jan 2017 #2

I wonder what top cops have to say about it. oasis Jan 2017 #3

Many Cop Unions Endorsed Trump otohara Jan 2017 #16

Silencers will limit the number of witnesses in shootings. Cops need to oasis Jan 2017 #19

Imagine how many targets a mass shooter could bag. GeorgeGist Jan 2017 #4

I don't see legalized silencers having any impact on mass shootings. EL34x4 Jan 2017 #8

Loud gun noise sends people into an immediate panic, as they will scatter and run. dubyadiprecession Jan 2017 #14

Except silencers aren't silent hack89 Jan 2017 #22

I'm not counting on this passing, so I'll buy mine the old fashioned way. ileus Jan 2017 #5

The point is that the gun industry has another issue to gob up money from the paranoid RWers Kolesar Jan 2017 #10

Silencers are pretty low on the list of gun related worries NickB79 Jan 2017 #6

I don't see anything wrong with this. EL34x4 Jan 2017 #7

At least airports will be quieter......n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #9

I shoot "silencers", actually they are sound suppressors Chuuku Davis Jan 2017 #11

Do those competitions of yours prohibit the use of earmuffs? Paladin Jan 2017 #13

Try and shoot a rfle with ear muffs on Chuuku Davis Jan 2017 #15

Oh, I did. Paladin Jan 2017 #20

Next up: easy access to fully-automatic firearms. Paladin Jan 2017 #12

One can only hope. Nt hack89 Jan 2017 #21

You mean the firearm class least likely to involved in violence even before 1986. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #33

Restrictions on full-automatics are proof positive that gun control works. Paladin Jan 2017 #35

Thank you for supporting access to machine guns via the NFA. aikoaiko Jan 2017 #36

I wonder why suppressors are available over the counter in the UK? And required in some countries? X_Digger Jan 2017 #17

Its not the pesky regulations that keep an automatic weapon cost high. You fill out the same Waldorf_ Jan 2017 #18

If they had ever served in the military moondust Jan 2017 #23

What is the harm in suppressors? hack89 Jan 2017 #24

Suppressors moondust Jan 2017 #25

Suppressed guns are as loud as jack hammers hack89 Jan 2017 #27

Just use earplugs moondust Jan 2017 #29

They are only good for 30 db hack89 Jan 2017 #30

No. moondust Jan 2017 #31

So a gun as loud as a jack hammer is a threat to public safety? hack89 Jan 2017 #32

I'm sure organized crime will be interested in obeying the law NobodyHere Jan 2017 #28

I really don't see any harm in this. I guess if you're HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #26

Do I understand that suppressors will still be registered? Just the tax is eliminated, yes? aikoaiko Jan 2017 #34

Silencers need to be banned like they are in the rest of the world. fescuerescue Jan 2017 #37

Oh, cool. So, the abusive ex-husband can shoot his ex-wife MineralMan Jan 2017 #38