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{"id":37901,"date":"2017-10-03T19:20:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occasionalplanet.org\/?p=37901"},"modified":"2017-10-03T19:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T00:29:08","slug":"silence-guns-don-trump-jr-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occasionalplanet.org\/2017\/10\/03\/silence-guns-don-trump-jr-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The silence of the guns: Don Trump Jr. edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we reel from the carnage in Las Vegas, Congress is contemplating a bill that would make it easier to purchase silencers<\/a> that would make it easier to shoot people without making a lot of noise or damaging the killer’s hearing. And guess who thinks this is such a great idea that he made a promotional video on behalf of silencer manufacturers? None other than that great intellectual, big-game killer Don Trump, Jr., son of the guy who, after Las Vegas, said, \u201cWe\u2019ll talk about guns later,\u201d meaning, of course, \u201cnever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Disguised and hiding behind the laughable euphemism, \u201cThe Hearing Protection Act,\u201d the provision is, according to US News and World Report:<\/p>\n

\u2026tucked into the bipartisan Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement, or SHARE Act<\/a>, [which] would eliminate restrictions on silencers and instead treat them as ordinary firearms. Under the National Firearms Act of 1934, suppressors \u2013 along with “destructive devices” such as grenades or rocket launchers, “sawed-off” shotguns and machine guns \u2013 require federal registration and a special license to own, as well as a $200 tax stamp to purchase that would also be repealed under the proposed law.<\/p>\n

\u2026 Proponents of the Hearing Protection Act say suppressors are unfairly maligned and make it harder for hunters to hear their surroundings, potentially endangering them and others.<\/em><\/p>\n

But gun control advocates have slammed the measure as a boon to manufacturers of silencers, whose sales have been slumping in recent years<\/a>. They also point out silencers would make it much more difficult for law enforcement to stop shooters like the one who opened fire on an outdoor music in Las Vegas, killing at least 50 and injuring hundreds of others Sunday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Law enforcement and military experts oppose the bill. Kris Brown, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said this in a statement after the bill passed out of committee:<\/p>\n

There are very effective hearing protection devices already available on the open market\u2026Keeping guns out of dangerous hands and stopping school shootings, ambushes of police and other mass shootings before they can start is the priority for the American people \u2013 not making it harder to detect a shooting once it starts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that\u2019s not how Don Jr. sees it. In a video released in December 2016, Junior\u2014in a business suit\u2014gleefully fires off a rifle equipped with a silencer, and then shoots a hand-gun similarly tricked out. \u201cI think it\u2019s great,\u201d he says. \u201cI love your product.\u201d Then he calls silencers a \u201cpublic-health issue,\u201d and \u201cabout safety,\u201d that would also be just dandy when \u201cgetting little kids into the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

But don\u2019t just read my excerpts, witness his testimony in all of its gun-blazing, beyond-belief,\u00a0 insane illogic. Ready. Fire. Aim. No need to cover your ears, though.<\/p>\n