Posted April 5, 2017 2:11 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

In the end, the gun control groups argue, “The sole purpose to deregulate silencers is to increase the profits of the gun industry at the expense of public safety.” (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
A pair of national gun control organizations this week released a set of fact sheets addressing concerns they have with potential suppressor deregulation via the Hearing Protection Act.
Americans for Responsible Solutions and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence on Tuesday posted “Five Things to Know about the Danger of Silencers” voicing their contention that removing firearm suppressors from the control of the 1934 National Firearms Act and treating them as Title I firearms– which still involve a background check to transfer from a licenced dealer to an eligible possessor– is a pandora’s box of problems.
First on the list is the contention that “Gun silencers are weapons– and when they fall into the wrong hands, they are inherently dangerous devices,” going on to explain they reduce the sound of gunfire and mask muzzle flash making it harder for police to locate an active shooter. However, the group contradicts this statement in a separate fact sheet slamming the use of suppressors as hearing protection by arguing the devices only reduce

Source: Guns.com

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