Politicians Are Calling For A Ban On ‘Silencers.’ Here’s What You Need To Know

dailycaller.com ^ | 6/5/2019 | Whitney Tipton

[jcmccorm]

Thank goodness they aren’t yet going after the “high capacity silencers” :)

[dartuser]

Face it ... every one of us is going to have to give up our assault silencers.

[elcid1970]

How about using an oil filter to make a “can”?

[DCBryan1]

...can be constructed...

Yep! Just be sure to Form 1 it with NFA Branch, first ;)

[SkyDancer]

Yeah - they save up all the sound and release it all at once.

[Boomer]

Was the shooter wearing underwear? We might need additional bans. Where are all the calls for banning underwear? And shoes, I bet he was wearing shoes and they allowed him to move faster than if he were barefoot. Where are all the calls to ban Nike assault shoes?

Good point. Maybe he had a checking account, a car, a skateboard, a toothpick, tissue paper, laundry detergent, etc. etc. Since he had any of these things they obviously are bad and must be banned according to the logic used by the hateful gun-grabbing swollen and sore vagina's.

[Brown Bag Special]

Not this crap again....

[DoughtyOne]

Yeah, if the silencer hadn’t been there, none of this would have happened.

Of course none of the other gun laws prevented this, even though this guy broke some of the most serious laws we have.

He committed 12 murders. Isn’t there a law against that?

Oh yeah, there is.

[Redwood71]

A silencer and a suppressor are the same thing. Neither does what it’s name says. A silencer doesn’t stop sound and a suppressor doesn’t stop flash.

When Hiram Percy Maxim invented the suppressor, he referred to it as the ‘Maxim Silencer’ in his patent and marketing materials. The Maxim Silencer was a big hit because of all the advantages it offered. As a result, the word Silencer caught on quickly - and is now used as the legal definition in both state and federal regulations, as well as on all ATF forms.

rwood

[Hostage]

They are easily made in a typical shop.

[magna carta]

about a week ago,on my application with BATFE they made me strike the word suppressor and write in silencer.

[magna carta]

The last sentence in the article claims that Trump does not like silencers-AT ALL.

[PROCON]

The last sentence in the article claims that Trump does not like silencers-AT ALL.

This is troubling.

Trump Says He’s ‘Seriously’ Looking at Banning Gun Silencers

[PROCON]

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[freeandfreezing]

I think we need a law stating that whatever firearms regulations are applied to citizens should be applied to the military, federal law enforcement officers, and local and state police first. That way we can test the efficacy of the regulations first. After all we have seen members of the military and law enforcement conduct mass shootings and other crimes.

So once the Army, Marines, US Special Forces, CIA, FBI, US Marshals, Secret Service, and other groups have all destroyed their suppressors, then perhaps we can discuss banning them from civilian ownership and use.

In the mean time we can see if taking away the suppressors from the military and federal employees causes any reduction in crimes, violence, or anything else important.

[freeandfreezing]

It is amazing to see how mass shootings always seem to involve exactly the physical item that the leftists and statists want to ban. I really wonder if the talking points are written before or after the shooting starts.

Interestingly, when a leftist approved shooter murders people we don't hear about the possibility that certain behaviors or beliefs lead to mass shootings. Instead, inanimate objects are to blame.

[freeandfreezing]

Thank goodness they aren’t yet going after the “high capacity silencers” :)

Actually the "extended magazine" is what they will be going after along with the suppressors. Note that the news reports and leftists all focus on the suppressor and the "extended magazines". So they have a two for one mass shooting.

I'm surprised that the shooter's handlers didn't convince him to wear a MAGA hat, and NRA T shirt, and Cabela's pants when he launched his attack.

[farming pharmer]

Do these idiots know that supperssors are available over the counter (or nearly so) in several different countries?

Norway
France (for rimfire pistols)
Italy
Poland
New Zealand

Countries that allow Suppressors with a permit (not near as restrictive as the USA - in most of these countries - basically if you have a permit for a gun, you can get a suppressor too - as it is treated the same as a gun):

Germany
UK
Sweden
Finland
Hong Kong
Denmark

[Scrambler Bob]

How many ‘silencers’ are used in murder situations?
= = =

Well, in the Movies, it is like, ALL of them.

[Roccus]

So what?
What regulation is he proposing?