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(50,635 posts) Wed May 24, 2017, 11:44 PM May 2017

NRA Wants to Ease Laws on Buying Gun Silencers [View all]

The National Rifle Association, which typically rests its case on the Second Amendment and personal security, is framing legislation that would make it easier to buy gun silencers as a public health issue.

The NRA’s campaign includes rebranding silencers as “suppressors” because they don’t completely silence the sound of gunfire. Silencers reduce the average firearm noise from 165 decibels to below the potentially dangerous level of 140 decibels.

“The Hearing Protection Act” is the gun lobby’s priority in Congress, along with a bill that would allow people to carry concealed weapons across state lines if they have permits in their home state.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/nra-wants-to-ease-laws-on-buying-gun-silencers-1495582743

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NRA Wants to Ease Laws on Buying Gun Silencers [View all] question everything May 2017 OP

so does the NRA allow open carry/concealed carry at its conventions? nt msongs May 2017 #1

Depends on local laws hack89 May 2017 #6

Well, they are correct mikehiggins May 2017 #2

How does this save lives? krispos42 May 2017 #4

But they LOOK really badass, which is what counts, right? Paladin May 2017 #7

Maybe we should ban "badass" discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #8

So bans ARE based on looks... sarisataka May 2017 #10

Gun PURCHASES are based on looks. More so now than ever. Paladin May 2017 #12

I don't know that sarisataka May 2017 #14

See #15, below discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #16

Well, maybe not discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast May 2017 #19

It's good to see what are essentially religious objections to silencers countered by... friendly_iconoclast May 2017 #20

I didn't do much discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #29

To many people who have a permit to carry concealed, compact size, light weight and spin May 2017 #31

I bought my AR-15s based on accuracy and ergonomics hack89 May 2017 #18

Feel free at any time to give us a cogent argument against the act in question friendly_iconoclast May 2017 #21

Anything people buy has some component of visual appeal krispos42 May 2017 #24

Can you offer any proof of this? Marengo May 2017 #28

If this was any other consumer product... krispos42 May 2017 #13

Maybe someone could invent an electronically controlled... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #17

Or better yet, slows down the bullet only on one side of the barrel... krispos42 May 2017 #25

There was this movie... Criminal with Kevin Costner discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2017 #30

Do you realize how loud a suppressed gun is? hack89 May 2017 #5

Far too many people learn their knowledge about firearms from movies. ... spin Jun 2017 #36

This sounds appropriate. Even if granting that they should be regulated at all (which petronius May 2017 #3

There's nothing wrong with the Hearing Protection Act appal_jack May 2017 #9

In France supressors are sold over the counter. oneshooter May 2017 #11

We aren't supposed to mention inconvenient truths like that... friendly_iconoclast May 2017 #22

Get rid of Uncle Sams red tape and I'd buy at least 2. ileus May 2017 #23

Made me think of this. nycbos May 2017 #26

Three DAYS?!?? but I'm angry NOW! underpants May 2017 #27

Thanks for that clip... tortoise1956 Jun 2017 #33

gun silencers can be bought at multiple european countries over the counter AbatementYoginite May 2017 #32

Welcome to DU! yagotme Jun 2017 #35

I look forward to both bills passing and becoming law. aikoaiko Jun 2017 #34