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goobster  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 14, 2017

Shaking my head at an SF UPS worker shooting three of his coworkers (have fun in SF, thenewgreen !)about two hours after another gunman shot a couple of Republican Senators and security folk playing baseball...

... on the same morning that Congress was to hear arguments for loosening restrictions on civilians being able to buy silencers/suppressors for their guns...

I'm sure the Republicans will just power on with it again tomorrow after the usual platitudes and mandatory 37 seconds of mourning/silence.

Even Paul Ryan had to run for cover from a crazed gunman today. But I don't expect that'll affect his policy stance in the least. These fucker Republicans are fully hardcore psychos.





snoodog  ·  2504 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Suppressors are not that quiet. They just protect you from noise that's deafeningly loud. You still probably want hearing protection when you shoot with them, just that your ears might not ring after every shot.

goobster  ·  2504 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Absolutely. Anyone who has ever actually shot a gun with suppressor on it knows that, "Holy shit! That was loud! Is it broken/working?" question that blows through your mind afterwards.

And the ringing in the ears.

Suppressors have an excellent marketing department called Hollywood.