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Sunlei

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27. If Congress drops more regs relating to silencers, shooters & poachers will be impossible to "hear"

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Tue Oct 3, 2017, 08:08 AM

Oct 2017

only thing stopping some evil assholes in USA is fear of being caught. (heard shooting)

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So help me understand this. Gun owners need silencers to protect their hearing and that of others at [View all] phylny Oct 2017 OP

Yes, and now Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #1

They can wear earplugs. Period. octoberlib Oct 2017 #2

Ha! Ha! That is the most stupid B.S. excuse I have ever heard. UCmeNdc Oct 2017 #3

You could wear a bullet-proof vest. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #4

Perhaps a suit of armor? To protect my head and limb arteries? nt phylny Oct 2017 #31

Maybe, but what a burden for you. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #36

True. I wouldn't want my body to get in the way of someone's need to have enough guns to kill phylny Oct 2017 #37

Regardless of the 2nd, it would have no bearing on a damn silencer. 7962 Oct 2017 #5

Actually under the law they are defined as "firearms" Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #6

there is no constitutional barrier to regulating silencers, which is why congress Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #7

And.....no constitutional barrier to regulating Airplanes either..... ashredux Oct 2017 #8

well no shit, that was my point. Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #9

But we have no "right" to own an airplane. 7962 Oct 2017 #46

It's like motorcycles being so loud to protect the drivers' safety Orrex Oct 2017 #10

The two things are unconnected. Adrahil Oct 2017 #11

Wrong. The two are indeed connected. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #21

I've gone into this before... Adrahil Oct 2017 #24

Do you use your gun to commit mass shootings? kcr Oct 2017 #30

Then what point are you arguing? I'm missing it. NT Adrahil Oct 2017 #32

Yes, it's obvious you're missing it. kcr Oct 2017 #33

I'm trying to have a reasonable conversation with you. Adrahil Oct 2017 #34

I'll snark all I want. It's my defense mechanism against ridiculous arguments kcr Oct 2017 #35

Oh for fuck's sake. Adrahil Oct 2017 #39

Wrong. From your own article: SunSeeker Oct 2017 #42

But I thought they were "Silent?" Adrahil Oct 2017 #43

I never said they were "Silent." SunSeeker Oct 2017 #44

Get better ear muffs. Or a better hobby. Fishing is very quiet. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #41

Then they can rent them from range stillsoleft Oct 2017 #12

Pardon my naivity... paleotn Oct 2017 #13

Subsonic (silenced) bullets have no use in target practice. gordianot Oct 2017 #14

I do own some subsonic .22LR rounds. Adrahil Oct 2017 #25

Is concern about 3.5 million Americans in bad trouble being silenced? Hortensis Oct 2017 #15

Single payer and silencers are legal in France Not Ruth Oct 2017 #16

Why should anybody be able to buy armor piercing bullets? You'd think cops would be raising octoberlib Oct 2017 #17

Did you actually look at the proposed legislation? hack89 Oct 2017 #18

Here's the section! atreides1 Oct 2017 #19

I guess that is my point. hack89 Oct 2017 #20

This is a result of.... Adrahil Oct 2017 #26

Here is what that is Lee-Lee Oct 2017 #40

Because every deer rifle uses bullets that can penetrate armor? NickB79 Oct 2017 #23

Most high powered Break time Oct 2017 #45

They need silencers to make them more efficient killers - avebury Oct 2017 #22

If Congress drops more regs relating to silencers, shooters & poachers will be impossible to "hear" Sunlei Oct 2017 #27

Nobody needs a silencer for a firearm. MineralMan Oct 2017 #28

I'd agree it's about wants, but... Adrahil Oct 2017 #38

Now now. You wouldn't want people to go deaf when they're getting shot at. tenderfoot Oct 2017 #29