Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. wants to pass "the Hearing Protection Act"!Uga!.

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Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that. http://wpo.st/72KQ2 #gunsense #NotmyPresident
Damn--Look at the title of this bill!!!



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Gun silencers are hard to buy. Donald Trump Jr. and silencer makers want to change that.






Trump Jr. visits company that makes gun silencers to show his support




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Donald Trump Jr. visited a Utah-based company that manufactures gun silencers, which proponents call suppressors. It's legal to buy gun silencers in most states, but they require long wait times and a special tax under stringent regulations. (Footage provided by SilencerCo/YouTube)




By Michael S. Rosenwald January 7 at 7:03 PM

The federal government has strictly limited the sale of firearm silencers for as long as James Bond and big-screen gangsters have used them to discreetly shoot enemies between the eyes.

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. It would end treating silencers as the same category as machine guns and grenades, thus eliminating a $200 tax and a nine-month approval process.

“It’s about safety,” Trump Jr. explained........................

[GeorgeGist]

1. Imagine how many targets a mass shooter could bag.

[Paladin]

2. Wow. A right-wing douchebag doing the pro-gunners' bidding. Who could imagine it?

There are plenty of earmuffs and earplugs available to protect shooters' hearing. Trump Jr. wants suppressors available for the same silly reason other pro-gunners do: he thinks they look badass.

Yet another indication of the ongoing descent of shooting sports into the childish level.