The New American by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. 6/7/2019
Here we go again.
During an interview with the British morning talk show Good Morning Britain, President Donald Trump told the hosts that he was going to “think about†banning sound suppressors for guns, known commonly (though incorrectly) as silencers.
Piers Morgan, an avowed advocate of civilian disarmament, began by complimenting the president for banning bump stocks, and then he transitioned to discussing the Virginia Beach tragedy, and that then led to the following exchange between Trump and Morgan.
“What is your view on silencers?†Morgan asked, after mentioning that the man accused of committing the atrocities at Virginia Beach used a suppressor.
“I don’t like them,†President Trump responded.
“Would you like to see those banned?†Morgan asked.
“I’d like to think about it,†Trump replied. “Nobody’s talked about silencers very much. They did talk about the bump stock and we had it banned. We’re looking at that, I’m going to seriously look at it," the president added, referring to his unconstitutional banning of bump stocks via executive order.
This discussion was prompted by the fact that an armed man opened fire in Virginia Beach, Virginia, killing 12 people. During their investigation at the crime scene, police recovered a sound suppressor.
While most people have heard of a “silencer†— and have seen them used on TV and the movies — the term “suppressor†is not so familiar. Here’s a helpful summary provided by a suppressor vendor:
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https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/32545-while-in-u-k-pres-trump-says-he-s-thinking-about-banning-suppressors