Out at my place in SW Nebraska and listening to a Kansas radio station when an ad came on from a gun store announcing that it is the silencer sales leader for Kansas. I had a tear in my eye, both from joy and the fact that I’m stuck in the People’s Republic of Illinois.
Something else to note about sound suppressors, the correct term for “silencers”.
The US leads the rest of the world by far on sound suppressor technology. No other nation can compete with the rate of technological advancement that has been achieved here in the US. A sound suppressor designed and marketed today will be outdated within six months. That isn’t to say that it doesn’t work, but the market demand for high quality and advancements such as smaller sizes, better sound reduction, etc. have made the suppressor industry one of the most innovative in this nation.
Sadly, we are stagnant when it comes to full auto and select fire weapons due to the lack of foresight and literal treasonous intent of those that passed the Hughes Amendment in 1986. We are now quite a bit behind the rest of the world in select fire small arms technology. It is now not a political issue, it’s a matter of national security.
Repeal the Hughes Amendment before we end up looking down the the barrels of our enemies guns that make our M16 look like a cap lock rifle.