|
|
|
NOTE!
This is a real-time comments system. As such, it's also a
free speech zone within guidelines set forth on the Post
Comments page. Opinions expressed here may or may not
reflect those of KeepAndBearArms staff, members, or
any other living person besides the one who posted them.
Please keep that in mind. We ask that all who post
comments assure that they adhere to our Inclusion
Policy, but there's a bad apple in every
bunch, and we have no control over bigots and
other small-minded people. Thank you. --KeepAndBearArms.com
|
The
Below Comments Relate to this Newslink:
MN: Minnesota bill to legalize silencers ignites passions
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
|
There
are 3 comments
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
Passion among supporters and opponents of a bill to legalize silencers ran high on Thursday during a hearing by the Minnesota House Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance Committee.
Gun rights advocates sported buttons that read, "Self defense is a human right," and opponents wore large stickers that said "gun injuries and deaths are preventable." So why is this such a hot topic? Read on for a closer look at the bill and the issue. |
| Comment by:
Millwright66
(3/13/2015)
|
| Alas proponents of "silencers" - regardless of the physical realities, the history, or the documented benefits of these devices - are facing a hysterical majority whose "scientific data base" includes a lot of hollywood movie sound tracks, mendacious anti-gun activists, and "zero" personal experience. |
| Comment by:
Millwright66
(3/13/2015)
|
| Alas proponents of "silencers" - regardless of the physical realities, the history, or the documented benefits of these devices - are facing a hysterical majority whose "scientific data base" includes a lot of hollywood movie sound tracks, mendacious anti-gun activists, and "zero" personal experience. |
| Comment by:
Sosalty
(3/14/2015)
|
| Just the title, "silencers" is misleading. More accurate to say "suppressors" since they only take the edge off the explosive sound. It's better for hearing and noise pollution in general. |
|
|
| QUOTES
TO REMEMBER |
| "Secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy ... censorship. When any government, or any church, for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him." --Robert A. Heinlein, "Revolt in 2100" (Pg. 68-69, Baen Books paperback edition, 1999 printing) |
|
|
