Posted on 06/25/2019 6:52:15 AM PDT by SleeperCatcher
Some of the usuals anti-gun suspects in the Senate have proposed new legislation that would ban suppressors following a shooting in Virginia Beach, Va., in which the perpetrator a handgun fitted with the device.
But the problem is, this particular accessory is already one of the most regulated by the federal government.
The Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act is being introduced by Democratic Sens. Bob Menendez (NJ), Dianne Feinstein (CA), Richard Blumenthal (CA) and Tim Kaine (VA), all of whom claim — wrongly — that suppressors are ‘silencers’ in the true sense of the word and that as such, they ‘prevent’ people from knowing that a mass shooting is taking place.
Or something equally fallacious.
“We were reminded how dangerous silencers can be a few weeks ago when a gunman used a .45 caliber handgun fitted with a suppressor to kill 12 Americans in Virginia Beach. What first sounded like a nail-gun ended up being gunfire,” Menendez said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenationalsentinel.com ...
As I have been saying for years. they want to ban “something” then use that ban to ban other things.
First, in 1934, the taxed and registered machine guns,sawed off shotguns, and silencers.
Then in 1986, the BANNED new machine gun ownership.
Now they are moving in on silencers.
Same for common legal firearms today.
In 1962 they ONLY wanted to register handguns, later all guns.
Then a ban on foreign made small handguns, soon tried to ban American made handguns, then went after rifles, something they said they would NEVER do.
Nelson “Pete” Shields, founder of Handgun Control Inc (now the Brady Center) spelled out how he would do it in a NEW YORKER article in 1976. One little step at a time.
The have never deviated from this except to add rifles to their wish list of guns to be banned.
Nelson T. ‘Pete’ Shields
Founder of Handgun Control, Inc.
“I’m convinced that we have to have federal legislation to build on. We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest.
Of course, it’s true that politicians will then go home and say, ‘This is a great law. The problem is solved.’ And it’s also true that such statements will tend to defuse the gun-control issue for a time.
So then we’ll have to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen that law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time.
My estimate is from seven to ten years. The problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns sold in this country. The second problem is to get them all registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — TOTALLY ILLEGAL.”
-Pete Shields, Chairman and founder, Handgun Control Inc., “A Reporter At Large: Handguns,” The New Yorker, July 26, 1976, 57-58
“Yes, I’m for an outright ban [on handguns].”
-Pete Shields, Chairman emeritus, Handgun Control, Inc., 60 Minutes interview
HCI, around 1984, came out in favor of a ban on semi-auto rifles and shotguns.
**So why aren’t they demanding that other weapons be made louder?**
Yet, back in the 1990s, Bill Clinton “banned” a-s-s-s-ault rifles by banning “flash suppressors” which actually make the BANG louder.
Go figure. Got to ban something,then build on that ban to ban other things.
Mufflers work way, way better than suppressors. Someone needs to do a demo on congress floor, movie version vs reality. Maybe they would get it, maybe not.
The floor of the House is no place for reality to intrude.
If suppressors are banned criminals will make their own, it’s not difficult.
I bought several Advanced Armaments back in 2001 & 2002, at $1,200-1,300 each. My FFL makes his own line, at a significantly less price.
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All Democrats want to do is ban things (except recreational drugs). Why not ban Democrats instead?
I am already there.
I’m still waiting for approval over a year...
Dang, forgot that.
Wow, that’s unusual. Longest I’ve heard is 7-8mos.
had to make a few corrections sent it back and await approval-it’s a transfer from one entity to another...
Silencers could probably be more easily fabricated with 3D printers than a fire arm.
Why ... suppressors should be MANDATORY for preventing Hearing Loss! Gheesh, these people are really stupid.
Yes, nailguns are incredibly quiet! There's a house getting a new roof in the next neighborhood over (about a half mile from where I live), and I can just barely hear them!
;^)
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