{"id":814,"date":"2017-01-18T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T03:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2017\/01\/18\/is-this-best-they-can-do\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:27:21","slug":"is-this-best-they-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=814","title":{"rendered":"Is This The Best They Can Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:8883,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\\\/page\\\/m\\\/385ecc10\\\/78b266e2\\\/21643c5c\\\/50a473c6\\\/4197610977\\\/VEsH&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8413,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/politicsandguns.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politicsandguns.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nNow that the Hearing Protection Act has been introduced in both the House and the Senate the wailing and gnashing of teeth is beginning to be heard from the gun prohibitionists. Just today I received the following in my email from the Space Cowboy aka Mr. Gabby Giffords aka Mark Kelly of the Americans for Responsible Solutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<table align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"m_5091009125746615950wrapper-inner\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #231f20; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0; width: 600px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_5091009125746615950header\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\/page\/-\/Email%20Images\/ARS%20Email%20Image%20131230%20PAC%20Wrapper.png\" height=\"111\" style=\"border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; outline: none;\" width=\"600\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_5091009125746615950spacer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 0; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-top: 8px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_5091009125746615950content\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; color: #231f20; width: 560px;\"><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\">John &#8211;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif;\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nWith Donald Trump set to take office in just three days, the gun lobby<br \/>\nand their allies in Congress have set their sights on a pair of bills<br \/>\nthat will make our communities far less safe from gun violence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nOne of those bills would lift restrictions on the sale of firearm silencers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nNow, I don\u2019t want to give the impression that firearm silencers work<br \/>\nlike you see them in the movies \u2014 where someone fires a gun and it<br \/>\nwouldn\u2019t wake a person sleeping in the same room.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\n<strong>But silencers do suppress sound and light when a weapon is<br \/>\ndischarged, and that makes them attractive accessories for criminals who<br \/>\n want to conceal their crimes.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nBefore Trump takes office, it\u2019s important we lay down a marker on this issue.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\/page\/m\/385ecc10\/78b266e2\/21643c5c\/50a473c6\/4197610977\/VEsH\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/action.americansforresponsiblesolutions.org\/page\/s\/oppose-silencers?source=em170117-d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Add<br \/>\n your name and tell Congress to REJECT any legislation that lifts<br \/>\nrestrictions on the sale of firearm silencers, action that will make it<br \/>\nharder for law enforcement to do their job and make it easier for<br \/>\ncriminals to get away with crimes.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nThe gun lobby will tell you that this legislation is designed to<br \/>\nprotect people\u2019s hearing, but the truth is that it\u2019s a massive financial<br \/>\n giveaway to the corporations who manufacture and sell firearm<br \/>\nsilencers. The safety of our communities is more important than the<br \/>\nmanufacturers&#8217; bottom lines.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nThank you for adding your name.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 140%;\">\nMark Kelly<br \/>\nAmericans for Responsible Solutions PAC<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You want to say, &#8220;Really, Mark? Is this the best you can come up with?&#8221; A suppressor suppresses sound and light and thus make them attractive accessories for criminals. Flash suppressors for rifles are legal in most states and do not require any license, permit, fee, or registration.<\/p>\n<p>The same could be said for common items like bed pillows, oil filters, 2-liter Coke bottles, and potatoes. All of these common items could be used by thugs, murderers, and criminals to muffle the sound of the firearm and possibly reduce its flash.<\/p>\n<p>Having reported on <a href=\"http:\/\/politicsandguns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hundreds of defensive gun uses on the Polite Society Podcast<\/a> I have yet to come across mention of a criminal having a suppressor in his or her possession while committing an assault, robbery, home invasion, or murder. Indeed, more often than not, these miscreants use the loud sound of a firearm discharge to attempt to cow their victims. They aren&#8217;t worried about the police because most times they anticipate being gone by the time the police arrive.<\/p>\n<p>What Kelly is not saying is that treating silencers and suppressors like ordinary firearms still requires a NICS check as they are going to be transferred by FFLs. You would still have to fill out a Form 4473 and felons, drug abusers, those convicted of domestic violence, etc. would still be prohibited from purchasing and possessing a suppressor. While I might want a suppressor to be sold like replacement mufflers for a lawnmower at Ace Hardware, these bills are a good first step in an effort to reduce noise pollution and protect the hearing of hunters and shooters.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the Hearing Protection Act has been introduced in both the House and the Senate the wailing and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1312,1429,490,1543,196],"class_list":["post-814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-americans-for-responsible-solutions","tag-hearing-protection-act-of-2017","tag-mark-kelly","tag-silencers","tag-suppressors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10943,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814\/revisions\/10943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}