The anti-second amendment left is losing its mind over silencers.
Hillary Clinton bizarrely tried to link silencers to the Las Vegas shooting. Her talking point is the same one being spread by the left. Silencers will prevent everyone from hearing the gunshots.
No, really. This craziness is all over the news.
The gun lobby's latest scheme: make it easier to commit crimes quietly - Los Angeles Times
Gun silencers make it easier to commit crimes quietly - Chicago Tribune
Silencers 'effectively silence a weapon,' imagine if Vegas shooter had it - MSNBC
Say no to gun silencer bill. I survived Virginia Tech because I heard shots - USA TODAY
And there's this strange and exploitative message from Nancy Pelosi
“Even in the case of Steve Scalise — if you can hear, you can run,” she added.
The House is expected to consider the bill next week. Asked about the juxtaposition of that vote and Scalise’s return, Pelosi said, “I don’t know. I’d like to think it’s just a coincidence.”
1. Silencers don't produce some sort of silent and lethal ghost weapon. That's a movie myth. The goal here is to protect the hearing of hunters. The Las Vegas shooter would not have been killing people quitely with a suppressor.
2. Do we have some sort of silencer rampage problem? Maybe I missed it, but I don't recall there being a major silencer killing spree in this country?
People who really want silencers can get them. I don't recall silencers being an issue in any major or even minor attack. If Paddock had wanted a silencer, his arsenal suggests that he could have gotten it. This is another fake panic over a non-issue by people whose experience of firearms comes entirely from James Bond movies.