Here’s why a South Carolina congressman invited Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to a gun range

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is leading the fight against a bill that would ease restrictions on gun silencers — but Republican Rep. Jeff Duncan hopes to change her mind in an unusual way.

Legislation in both the House and Senate would allow gun owners to obtain suppressors without having to pay the $200 tax or go through a time-consuming background check that can take up to nine months.

The House’s Hearing Protection Act would allow for suppressors to be sold over the counter as a firearm accessory, Duncan told TheBlaze in an interview Tuesday. Gun owners would still have to undergo a background check “just like you have to for a firearm,” Duncan said.

“There wouldn’t be the five background checks you have to go through now to purchase a suppressor, and there wouldn’t be a $200 tax stamp that you have to pay now,” the South Carolina lawmaker said. “It would just be an accessory purchase with a background check by a federal firearms license holder.”

However, Democrats, such as Gillibrand, oppose the legislation as they say it would help criminals dodge law enforcement.

“These deadly gun silencers pose a huge risk to our enforcement and our communities and I will do …Read the Rest

Source:: The Blaze