I hate to ask you to do this… but read this.
Okay, before I go any further… Try to remember off the top of your head, the last time the NRA has ever talked about Suppressors. Also, when was the last time – Outside of a Hollywood Movie – that a guy as used a legally obtained Suppressor in the commission of a crime?
In other countries, putting a muffler on your gun is considered polite. And encouraged. Even in the Enlightened country of England. But here in the US, a Gun Muffler is considered Sinister.
Suppressors do help save your hearing. I sell suppressors such as the SWC WARLOCK which reduces the shot over 40 Decibels. My best hearing protection that I sell, is only 33 decibels. It does not make the shot SILENT like you see in the movies. That is hollywood fabrication.
Also, Gun Mufflers are HEAVILY regulated. You can’t just “Go Buy One”. You can pay for the muffler, sure. But I can’t transfer it to you because it’s regulated just like a Machine Gun. You have to fill out an ATF Form 4, have 2 finger print cards done, your Sheriff or Police Chief has to sign off on it, an then you get to drop an additional 200 bucks on a tax stamp. Then you get to wait 6 Months for the ATF to process a detailed background check.
It’s faster and easier to buy a new house or start a new company than it is to get one of these sinister and obviously evil mufflers for your gun.
I call it a Muffler, because that’s exactly what it is. Just like on your Car or Truck or Scooter. We don’t Regulate mufflers on your vehicle, but as soon as you slip one over your gun’s barrel – Oh boy – you just committed a Felony unless you jumped through all the hoops.
Every shooter I know has hearing damage to some extent. Because guns are loud. Forgetting to wear muffs or plugs, just once, can cause permanent hearing damage.
You used to be able to buy a gun muffler at the hardware store for 5 bucks.
Saved your hearing. Didn’t disturb wildlife when hunting. Aids in recoil reduction and accuracy as well.
But after the end of Prohibition the ATF had to have something to do so the NFA 1935 was passed, which included mufflers… because of emotionally fragile people like this author who watched too many movies.
When the articles alongside that one are, “Take Ecstasy, save your relationship” and “How Netflix is turning viewers into puppets” I pretty much knew what it was going to be. Unfortunately, i was right. What a buffoon. I wonder if he’s afraid of gliders too, since they’re silent and have been used for military invasions? For the military, some people need killing, and sometimes they need to be killed quietly. Doesn’t mean the rest of us are going to be suddenly inspired to murder people. Lord, I’m tired of arguing with these idiots.
I’m sorry, I just couldn’t get through that crap invested drivel. I’d like to take the pipe off my Yamaha FZ1 and redline it in the author’s ear. “Oh, wouldn’t you like a muffler on that now?”
Given that this is Salon, I found I couldn’t get through more than a few paragraphs. There are thousands of suppressors in circulation. If they were as deadly as the author suggests, then why has his scenario never happened?
I’m sorry , i coulden’t stop laughing or continue reading after the line “designed for damage rounds.”
Owning a Sparrow is a goal for me in 2013. Unfortunately that means a Trust and getting some barrels threaded is part of it also. This will be pricey.
If you shop around, you should be able to find a trust for $200-250. I see them for twice as much and wonder what the lawyer thinks they are doing that they think is worth that much.
Maybe the 3D printer guys can publish files for printing suppressors.
The little bastard thinks he is C.J. Chivers (author of “The Gun”) or Paul Barret (author of “Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun”) or something. The difference is that the two authors I listed did a lot of research and gave a nuanced treatment of the issue. While I dont agree with all their personal opinions, their work has scholarly merit and they would likely end up trying to correct foaming at the mouth anti-gunners. This guy IS the foaming at the mouth type. He did all his research to confirm his bias. He is a hack with delusions of research.
Well some common sense prevails. In Washington State we just re wrote the law so that citizens can own and use them! Still have to get the State and Fed paperwork but its a bloodly site better then the old “not on your life” law.
Hey! Didn’t know it made a firearm more accurate & powerful. WOW!
That was one of the finest examples of breathless pants shitting hysterics I have ever seen. And then there was the comment section. If you don’t care to read it, I can summarize it thusly: “NRA !!!1!!! TERRORIST!!!!ORGANIZATION!!!!1!!!ZOMFG!!!!!GRENADE FISHING(I shit you not)KILL US ALL!!!!!!!LaPierre!!!!!PUT THEM ALL IN PRISON!!!!MURDERERS!!!!11!!!!!!1 DEAD CHILDREN!!
I don’t think I want to live on the same planet as these people.