Duncan Sets His Sights On Increasing Shooter Safety

By Ammoland

Washington, DC -(Ammoland.com)- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) this week introduced the Hearing Protection Act, restoring your right to buy suppressors for your firearms.

Under Rep. Duncan’s bill, H.R. 367, anyone who can legally buy a gun can buy a suppressor.

This legislation has tremendous grassroots support.

But it also has the support of someone who has the ear of President-elect Donald Trump: the incoming president’s eldest son, Donald Jr.

“It’s a safety issue,” Trump, Jr., said in a September interview, referring to impact a noise reduction device can have on the user’s and spectator’s hearing.

Contrary to pop culture myth, a suppressor does not “silence” a weapon. It does, however, decrease the sound level by around 30-35 decibels.

In most cases, the noise level would be approximately what the shooter experiences wearing common hearing protection without a suppressor.

In other words, while a suppressed shot might not be heard ’round the world,’ it is far from silent.

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Source:: AmmoLand