Virginia governor demands action on guns

[BStrong]

I've never seen a silencer on any weapon, but no doubt all the gun nuts will now be putting them on their AR-15s just to prove that people use them for hunting. I may ask my brother about it since he is a very experienced hunter - but I think I know what the answer will be...

From 2013. NSFW feral pig culling in Texas w/ suppressed rifle:

 

[TurkeysGhost]

From 2013. NSFW feral pig culling in Texas w/ suppressed rifle:

Feral hog culling is the only type of hunting I'm aware of where suppressors are considered a reasonable option. Your average deer hunter isn't going to be firing enough rounds to justify carrying extra bulk into the bush.

A deer hunter who is going to spend the whole day in a tree stand and will likely fire less than 5 rounds (if he even sees a deer) isn't going to bother with such things. Deer guns often have fairly lightweight barrels too, because there's no need to worry about accuracy problems due to hot barrels.

Hog hunting, whose goal is large bodycount, is unique in many ways compared to other types of common hunting in NA.

 

[Pope130]

Here's a nice suppressed Ruger 10/22. The set up is great for poultry farmers who need to deal with varmints (foxes, weasels, mink, stoats, or rats). Fowl panic easily from loud noises. Turkeys in particular can get into mob rushes away from noises, pile up on fences, and die. A reasonably quiet 22 lets the farmer deal with the threat without collateral losses.

 

[BStrong]

From my pov, one of the strangest things I ran into otj was a department that requested suppressors for their entry teams and was turned down, but at the same time the municipal animal control department received authorization to purchase two suppressed .22 caliber rifles for the purpose of putting down injured animals...didn't want the citizenry unduly alarmed by the sound of gunfire.

 

[CORed]

Recreational purposes?

I'm not much of a gun guy, but even I know that if you regularly shoot weapons bigger than a 0.22 on a range, you need hearing protection. Using a silencer might eliminate the need for hearing protection, and allow you to hear what people around you are saying.

 

[BStrong]

I'm not much of a gun guy, but even I know that if you regularly shoot weapons bigger than a 0.22 on a range, you need hearing protection. Using a silencer might eliminate the need for hearing protection, and allow you to hear what people around you are saying.

Another slang term for suppressors - "Gentleman's Accessory" - while shooting with a suppressor you can converse like a gentleman - no need to raise your voice to be heard.

 

[applecorped]

demands......lol

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Virginia governor demands action on guns

All guns have some sort of action. Bolt, lever, single, double, pump...

 

[Ranb]

Wow.

That's what I get for indulging in irony. I should know better on this forum.

 

[Ranb]

I’m guessing it’s because attaching a chunk of metal to the end of any barrel is going to throw off the balance and aim.

Not always true. Ever notice how a rifle can be available in different barrel lengths? Does a longer barrel throw off the balance? Does attaching a 3 ounce silencer to a 22lr rifle with a 16 to 20 inch barrel really change things other than the noise?

Who does that for target shooting and hunting?

I do as well as some others.

 

[Ranb]

I'm not much of a gun guy, but even I know that if you regularly shoot weapons bigger than a 0.22 on a range, you need hearing protection. Using a silencer might eliminate the need for hearing protection, and allow you to hear what people around you are saying.

You should be using hearing protection even with 22lr. 22CB in a rifle is safe without hearing protection though. I tried active hearing protection (ear muffs with microphones that cut out upon firing) in the past. Silencers were much more reliable.

 

[Ranb]

Virginia session to debate gun safety adjourns without action.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/politics/virginia-special-session-gun-legislation/index.html

Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday abruptly adjourned a special session aimed at gun safety that was called following last month's mass shooting at a Virginia Beach municipal building, with the Republican House speaker calling the session "premature" because an investigation into the shooting is still ongoing.

Democrats had appealed to Republicans to consider bills put forth by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam that included a universal background checks bill, reinstating Virginia's one-handgun-a-month law, a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, but House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox called the session an "election-year stunt."

 

[Lurch]

"Too soon" because an investigation is ongoing.

It was "too soon" after Sandy Hook.

It's always "too soon."

And it always will be "too soon" when mass shootings occur at such frightful frequency.

Sometimes I really think America is forked.

 

[Cabbage]

"Too soon" because an investigation is ongoing.

It was "too soon" after Sandy Hook.

It's always "too soon."

And it always will be "too soon" when mass shootings occur at such frightful frequency.

Sometimes I really think America is forked.

Yeah, the obvious flaw with the "too soon" nonsense is that it then follows that the worse a problem gets, the less you can do to solve it.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Yeah, the obvious flaw with the "too soon" nonsense is that it then follows that the worse a problem gets, the less you can do to solve it.

With guns in the USA, it's now over 200 years too late.

 

[NWO Sentryman]

"Too soon" because an investigation is ongoing.

It was "too soon" after Sandy Hook.

It's always "too soon."

And it always will be "too soon" when mass shootings occur at such frightful frequency.

Sometimes I really think America is forked.

Because surprise surprise, bad legislation rushed in a "WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW! NEVER AGAIN!" mentality has a LOT of unintended consequences.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Because surprise surprise, bad legislation rushed in a "WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW! NEVER AGAIN!" mentality has a LOT of unintended consequences.

Yea imagine if we actually felt bad for sending the jews back to germany to be gassed before WWII, that would totally screw up out current desires. We should celebrate these shootings as the victory for the constitution as the founders saw it. Look at how much they loved violent riots and terrorist attacks on private property as seen in the boston massacre and the boston tea party. These are the kind of violent political debate our founders loved and we need to embrace as a country.

 

[NWO Sentryman]

Yea imagine if we actually felt bad for sending the jews back to germany to be gassed before WWII, that would totally screw up out current desires. We should celebrate these shootings as the victory for the constitution as the founders saw it. Look at how much they loved violent riots and terrorist attacks on private property as seen in the boston massacre and the boston tea party. These are the kind of violent political debate our founders loved and we need to embrace as a country.

Except homicide rates are lower in the US than they have been in living memory.

And contrary to popular belief most of America is not aleppo tier war zones where people are slaughtered like it is babi yar every day

And even in nice wise and mature britain where guns are banned, politics is not that much better.