Nancy Pelosi: Suppressors Must Remain Controlled Because Of Alexandria Shooting

By Tom Knighton

Nancy Pelosi is…well, I think the preferred term these days is “special.” How “special” is she? The leading Democrat in the House of Representatives used the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise as evidence that the Hearing Protection Act needs to die.

Seriously.

From Breitbart:

As Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was welcomed back to Congress on September 28, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pointed to the attack–in which a progressive shot Scalise–and argued that suppressors ought not be deregulated.

It must be noted that a suppressor was not used when the attacker opened fire in Congressional baseball players on June 14.

According to Roll Call, Pelosi said the GOP has placed suppressor deregulation “under the facade that it’s for hunters.” She then regurgitated the same false, leftist narrative that the result of suppressor regulation would be silenced, undetectable guns.

She mentioned the shooting of Scalise and said, “If you can hear, you can run.” In other words, if the gun makes sound then you can flee the gunman.

As was noted over at Breitbart, suppressors are not silencers. There’s still noise. In fact, in the vast majority cases, there’s still sufficient noise to warn people something is up.

However, I have to applaud her creativity. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms