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    | Silencers shouldn't be easy to obtain Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
 Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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    | Though he’s probably fighting a losing battle, political science professor Robert J. Spitzer stirred up a hornets’ nest with a Washington Post opinion piece titled “The NRA wants to suppress one of guns’ most important safety features.”
 
 Spitzer is concerned that the new Congress will rubberstamp the National Rifle Association’s proposals and undo most of the roadblocks to purchasing a silencer (or a “suppressor,” as the firearms industry prefers to call it). Silencers are legal in 42 states, but waiting periods, background checks, special taxes, mandatory viewing of ultrasounds of Bambi’s mother, etc. mean aggravation for potential owners.
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     dasing
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    | They should be easier to get, silencers do not silence the report! They supress it, it will still be loud enough to be heard for blocks. It helps to lessen the damage to the shooters ears!!! |  
 
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