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10. Interesting. Thanks.

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 09:57 AM

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Congress is set to debate deregulating silencers at 10 am today. [View all] Shell_Seas Jun 2017 OP

Shot through with irony BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #1

They're not silencers; you can definitely still hear the shots. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #2

A rose by any other name. Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #5

And the wolf howls at midnight. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #6

Did you have a point? JTFrog Jun 2017 #8

A silenced rifle is as loud as thunder or a jackhammer hack89 Jun 2017 #12

That's why they're calling it, drumroll...The Hearing Protection Act BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #21

You should then attempt to convince the industry to change the name. LanternWaste Jun 2017 #16

One sees suppressor/silencer about 50/50, I'd guess. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #19

Save the ears! Save the ears! HAB911 Jun 2017 #3

This is crazy FlightRN Jun 2017 #4

Saves the ears citood Jun 2017 #26

"Silenced" guns are as loud as thunder or a jackhammer hack89 Jun 2017 #7

Interesting. Thanks. Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #10

The point is that the movies lie hack89 Jun 2017 #24

They are also expensive. 58Sunliner Jun 2017 #27

Suppressors are not a threat to public safety. My only point nt hack89 Jun 2017 #28

Well, not in Europe apparently. America could be different. 58Sunliner Jun 2017 #33

In what way? hack89 Jun 2017 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author jmg257 Jun 2017 #9

Doubtful. linuxman Jun 2017 #22

Yes, Sig Sauer does. It is true most are not gun manufactures. 58Sunliner Jun 2017 #25

Dolt Junior has been active in lobbying for this deregulation Tanuki Jun 2017 #14

This is confusing for me Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #17

Hearing cancelled SoCalNative Jun 2017 #15

I'm betting postponed, not cancelled. Shell_Seas Jun 2017 #18

Well, per the headline at the link SoCalNative Jun 2017 #20

Of course they canceled, to be rescheduled. Hortensis Jun 2017 #31

Oh the irony! workinclasszero Jun 2017 #30