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Legislators learn how silencers affect guns
The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 02/04/2014 | Jim Siegel

Posted on 02/04/2014 4:42:07 PM PST by aimhigh

Eesley, a salesman at Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware, said he sells plenty of silencers, but he often has to first educate people about the reality. A silenced gun still makes quite a bang.

More than 20 lawmakers or their aides gathered yesterday at Black Wing to learn a similar lesson and hear from an expert on how silencers, or suppressors, can affect the noise levels of hunting rifles. The event was organized by the Buckeye Firearms Association in an effort to gain support for House Bill 234, which would allow hunting with a suppressor. . . . . .

Supporters of the bill argue that allowing use of a suppressor would help protect hunters from hearing damage; make it easier for hunters, particularly children, to hear commands from others; and make hunting less of a nuisance for those living nearby.

(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Ohio; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: banglist; silencer; suppressor
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To: Gaffer

I have one too. They are pleasant to shoot but relatively expensive.


41 posted on 02/04/2014 6:55:05 PM PST by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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To: Hardastarboard
Apparently he did no research about guns at all, despite how prominently they figured in his stories.

Those were editorial calls. They deliberately screw up gun facts across all the publishing houses. Its an open conspiracy, and they don't care who knows it. If pushed, they'll claim they're "protecting" people by making it harder for criminals to use guns. But it's obvious that the real reason is political.

42 posted on 02/04/2014 6:55:40 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: bigheadfred

One of my associates just took a case to defend a guy who had a silencer.


43 posted on 02/04/2014 7:08:05 PM PST by SaxuminMD
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To: aimhigh

Probably a good move not to use subsonic ammo.


44 posted on 02/04/2014 7:09:26 PM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: SaxuminMD

it is your right to remain silencer that is why you hire a mouthpiece


45 posted on 02/04/2014 7:12:02 PM PST by bigheadfred
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To: Ramius
Since the speed of sound is approximatelt 1129 feet per second, if I were to use a surpressor on one of my handguns, I would put a threaded barrel on my Sig P220 in .45 Auto and load it with my usual range Blazer range ammo, rated at 850 FPS.

Even some of the Cor-Bon +P runs at 1075 FPS. You still hear boom but no supersonic crack .

46 posted on 02/04/2014 7:16:08 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: ctdonath2

I know of such a case actually. It’s definitely time for our movement to take control of some sheriff’s offices. We have the numbers, all we need are some motivated individuals. Requirements to run for sheriff vary by state. In states, where the requirements are only that you get more votes than your opponent, the path is clear. In states that require formal peace officer training or other requirements that lock our movement out, we need to petition our legislators to revise the codes that stand in our way and get our people in and then we need to nullify some laws.


47 posted on 02/04/2014 7:16:10 PM PST by RC one
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To: Cobra64

True. A .45 is almost always a subsonic bullet. It does however have a large and loud powder propellant. The suppressor will quash the sound somewhat but not completely.


48 posted on 02/04/2014 7:23:05 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: MHGinTN
Hickok 45 shooting a Glock 17 loaded with 147 gr 9mm with muffler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBofwiYwGho

49 posted on 02/04/2014 7:41:16 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: Cobra64

I like his vid of using the Fram silencer, and the STP suppressor.


50 posted on 02/04/2014 7:44:37 PM PST by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

In the movie “Heat”, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino are having a running gun fight in the middle of an airfield. The sound engineers miked in the sound of brass hitting the tarmac while they were running across a grassy area.


51 posted on 02/05/2014 5:46:09 AM PST by Hardastarboard (The question of our age is whether a majority of Americans can and will vote us all into slavery.)
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To: Hardastarboard

Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of “stupid gun stuff” I am talking about in movies.


52 posted on 02/05/2014 2:36:40 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: aimhigh; All

Question:
How many homicides have been committed with suppressed firearms?
One of the guys here at work claims that they were used all the time. I’m looking at the UCS, and can’t find it.


53 posted on 02/16/2014 2:06:51 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: Ramius

I’ve started the process for getting a suppressor last Thursday.


54 posted on 02/16/2014 2:15:44 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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To: RandallFlagg
One of the guys here at work claims that they were used all the time.

Only on TV. It's his job to prove it.

55 posted on 02/16/2014 3:43:22 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh

Oh, I agree. But it would be nice to have the numbers and link to prove it. I already found the number of homicides with a legal machine gun (2) since 1934. I just can’t find the same data for suppressors.


56 posted on 02/16/2014 3:47:34 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("I said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." --Quigley)
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