Posted on 02/21/2013 6:29:05 PM PST by marktwain
In some areas of the United States, legislators are hard at work devising new laws to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens to own and use firearms. But, in other areas, the opposite is happening. Take for example Wyoming where lawmakers have made it legal to hunt with suppressors. Here is a short announcement from the American Silencer Association.
WYOMING: HUNTING WITH SUPPRESSORS BILL SIGNED INTO LAW New Law Goes Into Effect July 1, 2013
The American Silencer Association is pleased to announce that on February 18, Governor Matt Mead signed SF0132 into law, granting hunters in the state of Wyoming the right to use legally owned suppressors while hunting all varmint, big game, and trophy animals. The new law will also legalize the possession of suppressors “anywhere where game may occur”, eliminating an ambiguous interpretation of the law by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department which made it unclear whether it was previously legal to use suppressors at outdoor shooting ranges. However, it is important to note that under the new law landowners may restrict the use of suppressors on private land.
it saves your hearing because it affects the shock wave.
it was considered good manners to use them, to not cause unnecessary noise to your neighbors.
An additional bonus is you can defend yourself indoors without making your ears bleed!
Make this a national trend. My hearing is half shot from hunting. I wear protecting when shooting at the range, but even then I would like to have suppressors, particularly indoors or under cover of a roof outdoors. This is a health issue. Not a security issue.
no kidding. that would be fantastic. i have pets that will probably have hearing loss if i ever have to fire indoors, or possibly have literal heart attacks.
I think Texas did that too
To home invasion crew: “Hey wait just a second while I find my earplugs...” To Wifey: “Damn. Honey, where did you put my range bag?”
I very occasionally shoot without ear plugs just to remind myself...
A secondary market might emerge.
I believe that would be nearly the entirety of Wyoming.
I believe that would be nearly the entirety of Wyoming.
Pretty much, and those using earschplitten loudenboomer .300 H&H, .300 Win Mag and ,338 Lapua during elk season will be particularly grateful, not so much for their shot at an elk, but for the lessened damage incurred during sighting in at various ranges.
In my own case, a .22 rifle is likely to be my first purchase along these lines. In the Wyoming Grasslands of the Black Hills, the buzztail rattlesnakes come out for the field mice once the grasses get above ankle-high. A handgun is helpful, but having been nailed by Mr. no-shoulders once [left leg] I sort of like to work from a distance. If I get bit again in the same leg, I'll likely lose it.
Anyone who thinks that suppressors on handguns is a bad idea is invited to touch off a handgun while on horseback without one.
Here's hoping you see the rattlers before they see you from here on out!
Have a Beretta 70S I was given long ago. Added a (NFA Legal) Can on it about 1988 courtesy of Dr Phil Dater ..... It has been a very useful tool. Also have a (NFA Legal) Ruger Mk 1 that has an integral suppressor made for me by Ops Inc. The Mk 1 has all volquartson guts etc and is a very useful plinker.
Love suppressed firearms ..... noise if for young people....:o)
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