Posted October 20, 2017 9:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer is among several prosecutors who signed a letter earlier this month against partial suppressor deregulation. (Photo Glenn Koenig/Los Angeles Times)
A gun control group comprised of prosecutors from across the nation are urging Congress to derail a sportsmen’s package that includes a measure to relax regulations on suppressors.
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence penned a letter to House Democrat and Republican leaders opposing the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act, or SHARE Act, an omnibus package of pro-gun bills that has drawn heat over its language to remove suppressors from National Firearms Act control.
“Current federal law requires all buyers of silencers to pass a background check and comply with other common-sense safety provisions,” says the letter, penned by 29 district attorneys from coast to coast. “And it is because of these very safeguards – the ones that the SHARE Act seeks to do away with — that silencers are rarely used in crimes. If those important safeguards are eliminated, we are concerned that incidents of silencer crimes will increase and threaten the safety of our communities.”
While the SHARE Act has 16 different components, the organization only opposes the Hearing Protection Act portion. The current language of the

Source: Guns.com

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