March Outdoor Life... NFA goin mainstream?

[glocker17]

Anyone read this issue yet. Wow. Suppressors in Outdoor Life, wouldnt have seen that a couple of years ago. Also has mention of hunting with a can! Several photos of suppressed rifles in use as well.

We have come a long way in the last couple of years.

Blake

[silencertalk]

Remington is lobbying the govt to promote relaxing suppressor laws.

[jppd47]

Worked some magic in NY all ready

[Bargsbeer]

Remington is lobbying the govt to promote relaxing suppressor laws.

That's GREAT finally a big corporation with the money and clout to possibly get this done.

[CThomas]

Remington is lobbying the govt to promote relaxing suppressor laws.

I could only imagine the out crys from the likes of Feistein, Schumer, McCarthy etc if there was ever a push to make a can just like buying a title 1 firearm. Oh the horror.
Heck I remember the first time I ever heard about cans being legal was in the 1986 GunDigest and that was shocking

[robpiat]

The increase in Forms filed with the ATF has been going up exponentially...Forget the numbers, but it suggests mainstream.

[L1A1Rocker]

I'm liking Remington's lobbying efforts more than the NRA at this point.

[solitary.phoenix]

Most casual shooters and fudds that I run into now understand that silencers are legal to own. Maybe not the particulars of ownership, but almost everyone in the shooting circles around here knows someone who has a suppressor. In a way, I think it's great. Part of me is a bit selfish though and I like being special- having "special" toys to impress people with.

Sooner or later, silencers will become much more mainstream in criminal/ghetto/gang use. They're the new fashionable, "cool" thing among shooters and this will not go unnoticed. They do have certain tactical, strategic advantages. People who aren't afraid to deal in crack cocaine are not afraid to be caught with NFA violations. A rare few of them may not have a discovered criminal history.

Add to this that most non-gun people are much more afraid of silenced "military-style" weapons than they are of "normal" guns. Crips/bloods/MS-13/etc would love to capitalize on this fear as a way to further impress their "badassery" and perception of power on to people. Or perhaps reassure themselves of said badassery. I already see thugs decked out in their gangsta head-rags, oversized clothing and gang affiliated tattoos/insignia walking around gun stores handling AKs and ARs while they eyeball other men's wives. I sure as hell don't want to think of these same misguided youts with a silenced AR or pistol. Or think of the increasing percentage of gang members who take firearms training seriously.

I in no way support regulation of silencers, automatic weapons or any of the current NFA laws. I do, however despise the wretched elements of our society who trounce on the freedoms that we fight hard every day to keep. We go through all of these background checks and red tape, spend tens of thousands on a pre-86...and they just buy illegal auto weapons via Mexico. I recall one gang member who bragged that his friend had an RPG. WTF? They heartily believe in their own superiority and do NOT want to be one-upped in terms of firepower. More of them are waking up to the need for paramilitary training. These aren't people who support the constitution- or who support our nation farther than voting for a black president. These are people who are loyal to their gang, it's teachings and will use any and all means to further it's interests.

The threat will continue to evolve, bad guys will yet become much more advanced than they are today. There will be more of them and they will be better trained. They won't just adapt to us- They will learn from us.

[jppd47]

I recall one gang member who bragged that his friend had an RPG. WTF?
(...) and do NOT want to be one-upped in terms of firepower.

Good, sounds like they got 2A down pat. Thats a start

[Historian]

Remington is lobbying the govt to promote relaxing suppressor laws.

I could only imagine the out crys from the likes of Feistein, Schumer, McCarthy etc if there was ever a push to make a can just like buying a title 1 firearm. Oh the horror.
Heck I remember the first time I ever heard about cans being legal was in the 1986 GunDigest and that was shocking

Perhaps it could be pointed out to the triadic cynosures of virtue, in between their frenetic quest for
cash from donors, that each can sold represents $200.00 to the Government coffers, manufacturing job
increase in America, oops, I hope this has not become a politically unacceptable word in liberal circles, saving
hearing which in turn reduces medical care costs, and just makes sense.

When President Mike Huckabee gets elected and Harry The Pious Reid becomes minority leader in the Senate,
after our unlimited gas fields and oil fields are finally opened up under a new Manhattan Project of course, he passes
an Executive Order [ the Teleprompter-In-Chief empty suit has shown that a President now can bypass Congress and rule by fiat while
the lame stream media now champions it ] directing EPA to rule that all firearms be made suppressor accessible for safety
and noise reduction.

As the comedienne Judy Tenuta used to intone " ... it could happen".