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To: Red in Blue PA

why do we need silencers?
do we need permit to get them?


3 posted on 07/30/2015 1:07:41 PM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: ncpatriot
why do we need silencers? do we need permit to get them?

Because it's nice to shoot quiet guns. Suppressors are NFA items (like full-auto weapons), so there's some red tape involved.

5 posted on 07/30/2015 1:11:48 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Cis-American)
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Target practice with a silencer is much more pleasing than without. Even with hearing protection my 45 still hurts.


6 posted on 07/30/2015 1:11:54 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Just got my first “Tax Stamp”. The suppressor has been released from jail. It took just under 4 months. Getting ready to submit the paper work for a Silencerco-45-Osprey for my H&K USP45. It will be a nice Christmas present to myself.


7 posted on 07/30/2015 1:14:58 PM PDT by Capt_Hank (btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
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To: ncpatriot
why do we need silencers?

For the health of the shooter. Hearing loss is irreversible.

They minimize recoil, allowing for better follow up shots.

They minimize sound, helping shooters who may develop a flinch.

They do not scare wildlife.

They make for good neighbors when gun ranges are close to communities. People are far less likely to complain.

Those are just a few of the reasons.
8 posted on 07/30/2015 1:15:04 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: ncpatriot
"why do we need silencers? do we need permit to get them?"

New Zealand requires them to hold down noise pollution. Guns are really really loud. Ask any long time shooter. (Get close and shout. They are a little deaf.)

You need a permit because suppressors are scary, and it's a given, to liberals, that only mob killers and CIA assassins would want one. They watch TV so they know these things. Back in 1934, they established a federal system, and gave the task of enforcing it to the guys who had just been thrown out of work chasing bootleggers. This made it as hard and as expensive as possible to get one, short of actually and illegally banning them.

Besides, anyone can actually build one in an afternoon, with a modeler's table lathe, and a bagful of copper rivets.

15 posted on 07/30/2015 1:25:40 PM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: ncpatriot

“Why do we need silencers?”

Why do we need mufflers on cars, trucks and motorcycles? We would be safer if we heard them coming.


19 posted on 07/30/2015 1:40:23 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: ncpatriot

do we need permit to get them?.......................... Not if you use an oil filter instead? Or a Steve Segal Pop bottle.


59 posted on 10/25/2015 7:48:23 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In the words of Oliver Hardy; "Another fine mess you have gotten us into.")
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