Republican Offers Up “Common Sense” Gun Bill… But Will Democrats Step Up To Support It?

By Bob Owens

We’ve heard it over, and over, and over again.

All Democrats want, according to President Obama, Vice President Biden, and Democrat presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Martin O’Malley, is some “common sense” gun control. They swear that they aren’t coming for our guns.

Thanks to Republican Representative Matt Salmon of Arizona, they now have the perfect opportunity to prove that they’re being truthful.

The single most common long-term shooting-related injury is temporary to permanent hearing loss. Even when purpose-built hearing protection is worn by shooters, the cumulative effect of shooting over many years is, quite literally, deafening.

I should know; though I use some of the most effective muff-style hearing protection in the industry, I often come back from a session testing ammunition, patterning a new shotgun, or running drills with a new rifle with a persistent ringing in my ears for hours afterward.

Rep. Salmon is well aware of the hearing loss affecting millions of Americans, and has introduced the Hearing Protection Act in the House of Representatives with the goal of making it easier for law abiding citizens to acquire suppressors for their firearms, without the …Read the Rest

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