GOP LAWMAKER IS REVIVING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
ESSENTIALLY LEGALIZE SILENCERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
SILENCERS ARE CURRENTLY LEGAL BUT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WANTS
TO OBTAIN THEM HAS TO GO THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF OBSTACLES IN
ORDER TO DO SO.
PART OF THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE SILENCERS SILENCE
GUNS AND ARE OFTEN USED BY CRIMINALS.
MAKING THEM WIDELY AVAILABLE IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST IDEA.
REPRESENTATIVE JEFF DUNCAN HAD ORIGINALLY PRESENTED THIS BILL
BUT AFTER THE SHOOTING INVOLVING REPRESENTATIVE SCALISE THEY
DECIDED TO BRING IT BACK.
WHAT IS HIS ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE SILENCERS?
LAW ENFORCEMENT – AGAINST MAKING THEM EASIER TO OBTAIN.
>>BLUE LIVES MATTER.
>>COPS DON'T LIKE IT.
IT IS USED BY BAD GUYS OUT THERE.
WHAT IS HIS REASONING?
HE SAYS YOU KNOW, THESE HUNTERS GO THERE AND HUNT, IT IS
LOUD AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE I PROTECT THEIR HEARING.
I KID YOU NOT THAT IS THE EXCUSE WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS ISN'T JUST A REPUBLICAN THING, THERE ARE FOUR
DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE COSPONSORED THIS LEGISLATION.
I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT EAR PROTECTION FOR HUNTERS WHICH IS
WHY I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS.
HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
HERE IS A HUNTER MODELING ONE OF THESE DEVICES.
IT LOOKS LIKE HIS EARS ARE SAFE.
THIS IS NONSENSE AND THAT EXCUSE JUST FURTHER REINFORCES MY
FEELINGS OF HOW NONSENSICAL THIS IS.
IN TERMS OF DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS YOU HAVE
REPRESENTATIVE GENE GREENE FROM TEXAS –
>> REALLY?
DEFAZIO IS VERY PROGRESSIVE.
DISAPPOINTING.
THE PART OF THE STORY THAT AMAZES ME IS IT IS NOT LIKE
YOU CANNOT BUY A SILENCER.
IT JUST TAKES YOU A LITTLE LONGER.
GOVERNMENT SAYS YOU HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR FINGERPRINTS AND
TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH IN ORDER TO PURCHASE A SILENCER.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO BE FINGERPRINTED AND HAVE
THEIR PICTURE TAKEN ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE USUALLY
GOING TO MURDER SOMEONE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO SHOOT DEER –
>>WHY DO YOU GUYS NEED SILENCERS?
THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER REASON.
IF YOUR PROTECTION IS THE ONLY REASON YOU HAVE AND THERE ARE
ALREADY DEVICES THE PEOPLE CAN EASILY BUY, YOU NEED TO COME UP
WITH A BETTER REASON.
>> WEAPONS ARE GENERALLY QUIET.
FIREARMS ARE REALLY LOUD TO WEAR THE HEADPHONES JUST DON'T WORK.
OLIVER GOOD AMERICAN TO CARRY FIREARMS FOR HUNTING PURPOSES,
THEY ARE SO LOUD IN THEIR EARS – IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
THEY NEED SILENCERS BECAUSE THEY ARE COOL AMERICANS.
IT IS A TOY THING IS ALL IT IS.
>>IT IS ALSO A WEAPONS MANUFACTURING THING.
THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY.
I'M SORRY FOR THE DEFAMATORY LANGUAGE TOWARD THE GUN.
>> JAYAR JACKSON IS RIGHT.
THEY SOUGHT IN THE MOVIES, THEY WANT TO BUY ANOTHER COOL TOY.
I HEAR YOU.
IT SOUNDS COOL.
>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A STRUGGLING FART.
>>FAIR ENOUGH.
SOMETIMES THOSE TOYS ARE USED BY REALLY DANGEROUS MEN AND
SOMETIMES THEY KILL COPS.
I THINK IT IS OKAY IF WE HAVE YOUR FINGERPRINTS.
IF YOUR GUN IS USED TO MURDER SOMEONE AT LEAST WE KNOW
WHO THE ASSASSIN IS.
>> CAN WE ALSO FINALLY ACCEPT THE FACT THAT REPUBLICAN
LAWMAKERS AND THE NRA ONLY PRETEND TO SUPPORT COPS.
IN REALITY THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF ARMOR PIERCING BULLETS
WHICH COPS ARE OBVIOUSLY AGAINST.
THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF THESE SILENCERS.
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT BLUE LIVES MATTER EITHER, THEY CARE
ABOUT PROFITS.
IN AMERICA PROFITS ALWAYS ARE CONSIDERED MORE IMPORTANT
THAN HUMAN LIVES REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU DO
FOR A LIVING.
>>GREAT POINT.
WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER DOES A PROTEST, IT APPARENTLY
ENDANGERS COPS WITH THEIR VOICES.
BULLETS THAT CAN KILL COPS, NOT
AN ISSUE, PEOPLE SAYING WE STOP
KILLING US IN A PROTEST, THAT IS THE REAL ISSUE.
THOSE OF THE GUYS THAT FOX NEWS CALLS TERRORISTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
BACK THE GUYS WEARING ARMOR.
THOSE GUYS ARE INTENDING TO BUY THINGS THAT NORMALLY KILL
COPS ARE GOOD AMERICANS.
INSANE PRIORITIES.