Finally! Common-sense Silencer Bill Heads To Governor In Iowa

By Bob Owens

Iowans are about to experience a little more liberty now that legislation legalizing silencers is headed to the desk of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad to be signed into law.

A bill legalizing firearms suppressors in Iowa will head to Gov. Terry Branstad for approval.

The legislation was amended and approved by the Iowa Senate last week and cleared the House Tuesday.

“This has been a long time coming,” said Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley. “What we have before us now is a bill that’s going to expand Iowans’ freedoms.”

He said he’s been working on advancing legislation legalizing suppressors, more commonly known as silencers, for the last five years.

He and other advocates for the change have argued the devices don’t completely silence the sound of a gun but muffle it enough to help protect a recreational shooter’s hearing. They’re currently illegal in Iowa, but the bill passed Tuesday would lift the ban.

Silencers (named as such by inventor Hiram Percy Maxim, and also known as “suppressors” or “mufflers” depending on personal preference, and where you are in the world) reduce the ear-damaging blast of gunfire roughly 30 decibels, or about as much as good hearing protection. The sound of a silenced firearm …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms