Cedar City News by Mori Kessler 6/30/2017
ST. GEORGE – Two U.S. senators have introduced a Senate bill that would remove “unnecessary” federal regulations currently attached to firearm suppressors, more commonly known as “silencers.” The legislation aims to make it easier for the general public to obtain the suppressors in order to protect the hearing of gun owners.
Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, introduced the “Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing Act of 2017,” (yes, the bill’s acronym is “SHUSH”) Thursday. The bill would remove suppressors from the list of firearms and accessories currently regulated under the National Firearms Act of 1934.
Similar legislation, the Hearing Protection Act of 2017, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year.
“Suppressors can make shooting safer for the millions of hunters and sportsmen that exercise their constitutional right to use firearms every year,” Lee said in a statement Thursday. “The current process for obtaining a suppressor is far too expensive and burdensome. Our bill would remove these unnecessary federal regulations and make it easier for firearms users to protect themselves.”
Depictions of suppressors in popular media show it greatly reducing the “crack” of a gunshot and reducing it to something that could be comparable to the “pop” of a cork being taken out of a bottle. That’s not really what happens, Jason Schauble, chief revenue officer of Utah-based SilencerCo, said in a March NPR interview.
The suppressor doesn’t really silence the firearm, Schauble said. He described it as more like a muffler on a car.
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