Posted March 19, 2016 12:54 am by Comments

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By Tom McHale

Tom McHale

USA –-(Ammoland.com)- I don’t want to jinx the mojo on this, but it looks as though silencers may come off the “Mother, may I?” list before email servers actually fly out of Hillary’s butt.

Introduced by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) back in October 2015, the Hearing Protection Act aims (see what I did there?) to remove suppressors from the onerous requirements of the National Firearms Act. It’s perfectly legal for anyone legally eligible to buy a gun to acquire a suppressor in 41 of President Stompy Feet’s 57 states. The only gotcha is that you have to do things like send Uncle Spendy $200, fill out lotsa paperwork, ask extra special permission, and submit a left butt cheek print to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Hearing Protection Act would basically make the process of buying a suppressor identical to that for buying the gun it goes on.

Of course, not everyone agrees this is a good idea. Never one to miss out on an opportunity to have a hysterical meltdown, Violence Policy Center Legislative Director Kristen Rand said, “Even though silencers are currently difficult for private citizens …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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