these are the kind of laws the gop is putting forth.....

[spanone]

Three GOP lawmakers introduced a new law that will make gun silencers easier to buy.

and what the FUCK is the reason for this?

so hunters don't suffer hearing loss or so we can silently kill each other?

http://cnnios-f.akamaihd.net/i/cnn/big/politics/2017/01/14/gun-silencer-law-introduced-blackwell-dnt.cnn_1126432_ios_,150,440,650,840,1240,.mp4.csmil/master.m3u8?__b__=650

[Lindsay]

1. Likely some GOP donor

plans to make huge profits selling them.

[coco22]

2. So you can't hear it..

when they start their civil war.

[Rex]

3. Sounds like the GOP are getting their shit together for a private war.

No doubt Trump will want in on the action.

[herding cats]

4. Imagine a mass shooter with one of these.

People wouldn't know the shooter was out there for much longer, enabling them to kill many more people.

[spanone]

5. we probably won't have to imagine....i'm sure they'll ram this thru congress like everything else

[BSdetect]

6. Silencers are also the assasins friend?

[HassleCat]

7. Silencers do not silence.

That's a movie thing.

[highplainsdem]

8. More money for gun manufacturers, hence the NRA, hence

GOP lawmakes pandering to them.

[Calculating]

9. Suppressors (not silencers) ARE a health and safety item

They are even encourages in some European countries. Unlike in the movies, they do not actually silence the gunshot. They merely tone it down from a hearing damage inducing 140+DB to a more pedestrian 100+ level. Suppressors are great at reducing noise pollution associated with hunting/target practice, and they allow people to use a gun defending their home without suffering permanent hearing loss.

Banning Suppressors is as ridiculous as banning car mufflers because "Loud pipes save lives". Just think of how many lives could be saved if cars were super noisy and you could hear them coming!

[spanone]

10. they are categorized as firearms by the federal government.

ATF special agent Tim Graden said that silencers are categorized as firearms by the federal government, even though the silencer itself can't fire a bullet. The basic background check for most guns requires the purchaser to present a photo ID to the retailer and electronically submit a form to the ATF. Approval usually takes about 20 minutes. But purchasing a silencer requires the applicant to mail or Fax a photo and fingerprints to the ATF and to pay a $200 tax, with the approval process taking nine or 10 months.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/22/news/companies/gun-silencer-sales/index.html

[NightWatcher]

11. Now let's remove the metal detectors from their office buildings

[Tanuki]

12. Don Trump Jr. is supporting this bigly.

Latest in the Trump family pay to play product endorsement scheme.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/gun-silencers-are-hard-to-buy-donald-trump-jr-and-silencer-makers-want-to-change-that/2017/01/07/0764ab4c-d2d2-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html?client=ms-android-att-us

...:Now the gun industry, which for decades has complained about the restrictions, is pursuing new legislation to make silencers easier to buy, and a key backer is Donald Trump Jr., an avid hunter and the oldest son of the president-elect, who campaigned as a friend of the gun industry.

The legislation stalled in Congress last year. But with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate and the elder Trump moving into the White House, gun rights advocates are excited about its prospects this year.

They hope to position the bill the same way this time — not as a Second Amendment issue, but as a public-health effort to safeguard the eardrums of the nation’s 55?million gun owners. They even named it the Hearing Protection Act. ....."

Violence prevention advocates are outraged that the industry is trying to ease silencer restrictions by linking the issue to the eardrums of gun owners. They argue the legislation will make it easier for criminals and potential mass shooters to obtain devices to conceal attacks."....