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sinkingfeeling

(58,245 posts) Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:28 AM Oct 2017

Call all GOP reps. today to oppose eliminating checks on silencers and [View all]

more deadly ammo. Dial 1-877-960-2185 for free call. Ask them how much worse last night would have been if people can't hear the gunfire. The bill (they were to vote on today) is H.R. 3668 or the SHARE Act.

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Call all GOP reps. today to oppose eliminating checks on silencers and [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 OP

A "silenced" gun is as loud as a jackhammer hack89 Oct 2017 #1

Yeah, people think it's like the THWP! sound on TV. But it's not, especially on a rifle. NT Adrahil Oct 2017 #2

You know I really don't give a damn. What reason does anybody have for a silencer? sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #3

You know, what did silencers have to do with this Calculating Oct 2017 #4

To protect their hearing. hack89 Oct 2017 #5

We wouldn't want gun-fanciers to suffer hearing loss. If concerned about hearing, find another hobby Hoyt Oct 2017 #6

I have several suppressors. hack89 Oct 2017 #7

Good for you, I'm sure your hearing appreciates it. Still think another hobby is in order, Hoyt Oct 2017 #11

Do I also have to give up drinking? hack89 Oct 2017 #14

Oh bullshit !!! uponit7771 Oct 2017 #9

Another well reasoned response. hack89 Oct 2017 #15

Says the person who's arguing a silencers wont lower decibels from a fire arm significantly ... uponit7771 Oct 2017 #19

Here. I did your research for you. hack89 Oct 2017 #20

3 DB of silence is twice the energy to do so so even 3 db is significant, there's no really practica uponit7771 Oct 2017 #26

OK. hack89 Oct 2017 #27

He's actually not wrong, I was interested itn eh claim so I just looked this up. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #22

He's NOT right, " I guess it depends on model" ... which was my point !! The smaller the caliber uponit7771 Oct 2017 #25

No, a 22LR won't sound like a "Jackhammer". It's only as loud as emergency vehicle sirens - LOL. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #29

You understand you're making my case, quieter is not better no matter how quieter ... I don't uponit7771 Oct 2017 #30

They are quieter enough to allow for hearing protection. Which is reason enough for the bill, IMO. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #35

The bad outweighs the good, a silencer would've made the situation worse last night uponit7771 Oct 2017 #36

No it would not have. Have you ever been shot at (like, for real)? I have. JoeStuckInOH Oct 2017 #37

So being able to hear less gunshots would've been safer for the victims? Come back? thx uponit7771 Oct 2017 #38

I like to trivialize the concerns of others as mere fear as well.. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #12

If the fear is that you cannot hear the gunshots hack89 Oct 2017 #16

Have you looked at the bill? If It's all about protecting hearing, then sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #13

You tell me what the danger of suppressors is. hack89 Oct 2017 #18

IMO, all guns are a public safety issue. Silenced or not. As I pointed sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #23

So I looked at the bill hack89 Oct 2017 #24

Ask Homer Simpson nycbos Oct 2017 #10

Subtle subway conflicts... Baconator Oct 2017 #17

One of my friends wants one for his AR for when he goes hunting wild hogs snooper2 Oct 2017 #31

Anybody who shoots any animal from a stand shouldn't be allowed to sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #33

Well, I guess you could go after them with a spear but I wouldn't recommend it... snooper2 Oct 2017 #34

Decibels are lowered, why pick fly shit from pepper on this? uponit7771 Oct 2017 #8

Because they are still loud as hell? hack89 Oct 2017 #21

Silencers literally do nothing obamanut2012 Oct 2017 #28

K&R bdamomma Oct 2017 #32