Illinois SWAT Gets OK on Silencers

CBS St. Louis ^ | 9 Feb 2012 | via IRN

[smokingfrog]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -Under a just passed law, Illinois SWAT units can now attach silencers to their weapons. The silencer is designed to give police special operations teams the advantage if they find themselves in a firefight .

The sponsor of the measure, state senator Dave Koehler says if police have to enter a room and fire their weapons the silencer allows them to concentrate on their target.

“Hearing loss of up to 15 seconds can make a big difference between whether hostages are killed or not.”

[mylife]

LOL!

[wally_bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6phteRZpLtU

[mylife]

I want one!

[headsonpikes]

Nice looking equipment.

Not a lot different than what the Syrian Army is using in Homs.

[tet68]

Moved up to mountains between Ellijay and Dahlonega.
Stars are bright and it’s quiet.

[TigersEye]

I’m good with silencers. The last man standing cleans up the mess and claims nothing ever happened! ;^)

[Repeal The 17th]

I guess I’ll have to hunt you down again if I need any more welding done!

[mamelukesabre]

Back in those days, I thought that show starred orson welles.

[RedMDer]

All contributions are for the Current Quarter Expenses.

[misanthrope]

I’m in the Cartecay / Oak Hill area. Nice to know yer around.

[dragnet2]

For their safety, put them in armored vehicles with turrets to help avoid hearing loss.

[Secret Agent Man]

I Illinois they don’t even want you having a gun at all.

[Secret Agent Man]

Short of it is you can get one but the tax on it is a few hundred dollars and is technically considered a weapon itself.

[Secret Agent Man]

Before gangsters used them, in cities it was socially supported to not disturb your neighbor, if you were doing target practice. Many places encouraged using them.

[Tainan]

I LIKE IT!!!

[gundog]

I really woulda thought they’d wear the type of hearing protection that cuts out above a certan decibel level. Voices can be heard, as can gunshots, but damaging noise is eliminated.

[archy]

“Hearing loss of up to 15 seconds can make a big difference between whether hostages are killed or not.”

Why do they want to kill the hostages? Oh, that's right: It's Illinois....

[Sirius Lee]

Nuclear weapons, RPGs, shoulder fired AA missiles? Probably not, for either cops OR civilians.

And now aerial drones.

And for you, you, too, can get in on the action. http://www.draganfly.com/

[Secret Agent Man]

That may be true but everything is registered over there. They know who has what.