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Professor: Don’t Deregulate Suppressors; Loudness Is a ‘Gun Safety Feature’
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David Williamson
Website: http://libertyparkpress.com
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Political science professor Robert Spitzer voiced opposition to the suppressor deregulation by claiming that the sound of gunfire is a “gun safety feature.” Writing in the Washington Post, Spitzer, the chair of the Political Science Department at State University of New York at Cortland, opened his column by quoting George W. Bush’s former press secretary, Ari Fleischer, who was in the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 6 when Esteban Santiago allegedly opened fire. Fleischer recalled hearing the shots, saying, “We all realized it was gunfire, and it was coming from the level below us at the escalator.”
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Comment by:
jac
(1/24/2017)
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Another anti-gun liberal with an agenda. Common sense is lost on people like this so their opinions don't count for much.
Silencers reduce the sound pressure level from around 145 decibels to 110 decibels. It is still plenty loud to act as a warning to anyone in the vicinity. |
Comment by:
Sosalty
(1/24/2017)
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Too much TV professor, gunfire is going to be heard, with suppressors or not. Yet it would be beneficial to have the 'edge' taken from loud firearm use. Not only beneficial, but it's counter productive to be taxed $200 to pursue this hearing health positive product. |
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