Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Gun Control & RKBA

Clames

(2,038 posts)

15. Well you obviously aren't spending....

Reply to longship (Reply #11)

Thu May 17, 2012, 11:42 PM

May 2012

...a lot of time thinking this through. Let's start with your point on Finland's population density: you say you live in the middle of a forest....think about that for a few more minutes. As for needing to hear the shots, you still will. Especially with standard hunting rifle ammo that is super sonic. None of your points have factual or logical support here. Think about the physics first and forget about the pearls.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

23 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

From sonic boom to light whisper: Texas legalizes silencers for hunting [View all] Johnny Rico May 2012 OP

They should be REQUIRED for hunting and outdoor target shooting near populated areas slackmaster May 2012 #1

Excellent idea Xela May 2012 #23

Everyone who believes suppressors should be illegal.... PavePusher May 2012 #2

Find A Good Ointment For That Stretch. Must Be Painful. (n/t) Paladin May 2012 #19

"Stretch", how? Explain, please. n/t PavePusher May 2012 #20

Just in time for the drones! kayakjohnny May 2012 #3

Congrats our Texan friends... ileus May 2012 #4

Silencers do NOT reduce to a "light whisper" GreenStormCloud May 2012 #5

Oh, granted...but how much accuracy can you expect from the mainstream press on guns? Johnny Rico May 2012 #6

That is ridiculous. We knew not to go into the woods as kids in the fall when hunters were applegrove May 2012 #7

You will still hear them gejohnston May 2012 #8

Anybody for this isn't thinking straight longship May 2012 #9

It would be interesting to see how many gejohnston May 2012 #10

France would be interesting; Finland irrelevant longship May 2012 #11

picked my country gejohnston May 2012 #13

My mother was a Suomilainen longship May 2012 #14

Well you obviously aren't spending.... Clames May 2012 #15

You'll still hear them. My (superficial) google-age suggests that a typical petronius May 2012 #12

See post #2 and #16. n/t PavePusher May 2012 #17

By the time you hear a shot from a .30-'06, it's already travelled far enough to have killed... slackmaster May 2012 #21

Confusing small game hunting and target shooting... ileus May 2012 #22

See post #2. PavePusher May 2012 #16

Hearing shots really only counts in small game and shotguns. ileus May 2012 #18