Clearing Up the Facts & Myths Surrounding the Hearing Protection Act

By Jay Pinsky

Most Americans love their guns. But they’d probably love them just a little more if they weren’t so loud. The good news is guns that can be made quieter by using a simple device known as a sound suppressor. Think of a suppressor as car muffler, but for your gun. Unfortunately, owning a suppressor takes a bit more paperwork and money to own than a gun. Suppressors are regulated under the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, which means potential owners must jump through a lot of hoops to own one. The proposed Hearing Protection Act of 2017 would ease those unnecessary regulations by only requiring a background check for purchase.

A big part of getting the Hearing Protection Act passed involves educating the public about what suppressors do and don’t do. So, we reached out to Mark Oliva of the National …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life