Posted on 04/16/2021 8:03:00 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to ban the sale and possession of firearm suppressors, known as silencers.
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) said that the 2021 Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, would ban the sale, importation, manufacturing, and possession of silencers. The bill was first introduced in 2019 after a mass shooting in Virginia Beach that left 12 dead.
The measure will also create a silencer buyback program, give Americans a 90-day period after the bill becomes law, and it would provide exceptions for law enforcement and other personnel.
“Gun silencers are dangerous devices with one purpose and one purpose only—to muffle the sound of gunfire from unsuspecting victims,” Menendez said in a Thursday statement. “The sound of gunshots is what signals you to run, hide, take cover, call the police and help others save themselves; however, this is nearly impossible when a gun silencer is used.”
Describing the bill as “commonsense legislation,” the New Jersey Democrat said it will “prevent armed assailants from using these deadly devices to make it easier to shoot and kill another person.”
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) are co-sponsors of the legislation.
Gun rights group Gun Owners of America said the measure shows the lawmakers have “ignorance about firearms technology” and the Constitution’s Second Amendment.
“For just a few cents, one can acquire a thread adapter from a local hardware store and a used oil filter from a car. And with that, any firearm can be equipped with a homemade ‘suppressor,'” Gun Owners of America spokesman Aiden Johnston said, according to Fox News...
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Prescient, was he.
They make great suppressors (for those in the know about these things.)
Exactly, they have seen too many movies and do not realize these things don’t work as they do in the films and TV. What Ignorance!
You can use a 2 liter pop bottle also, or a pillow.
What if I shoot someone wearing ear plugs?
Hasn’t firearm suppressors been illegal for the public to own for years?
No. You do have to jump through legal hoops and purchase a $200 tax stamp. Same for fully automatic firearms, which are only useful in the movies and on TV.
It isn’t ignorance. They know that virtually no crimes are committed with silencers, and they know there are other ways to improvise the same device, but it is more regulation that infringes on the 2nd, and that is what they are all about.
More proof that the average to even above average Democrat(Leaders especially) is dumber than a box of rocks.
F*ck ‘em.
Do not comply
No "White supremacist" he.
Dear bob, you know what they say, you cannot hear the shot that hits you. Why don’t you and some of your comrades there hit a range and try out that theory.
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