Legitimate reason to own a gun silencer

[RayDog]

a $200 tax! Come on down!

I'm an SOT holder I don't pay those anymore. I do have a pretty dam expensive stamp collection from my pre-SOT days though

 

[Mini-Me]

I'm surprised nobody mentioned this (unless I missed it):
If several heavily armed gangbangers/looters/whatever launch a home invasion on your house, a silencer can likely buy you a little more time to even the odds, and it just might save your life. With a silencer, I imagine you have a much better chance of getting several shots off without giving away your immediate position. Without one, well...it's one guy (or gal) against several, and you're likely left with no remaining inherent advantage besides better knowledge of your floorplan.

 

[idiom]

dude you make your own silencers, sweet?!

YouTube - A Scanner Darkly_the silencer

 

[50calray]

Ya, I hear this argument all the time, why do you need a 50cal, AR15, AK47s, and high cap magazines etc. My usual reply is I don't need any of it. I'm a firearm collector and I enjoy collecting guns. I keep a 1911 loaded with 230gr Gold Dots next to our bed for home defense and the rest stays locked up in the shop.

Keep in mind, I collect guns but you as an American citizen does not have to be a collector in order to buy firearms. It's our Constitutional right. I don't care you ever ever buy a firearm in your life, but I do care out preserving your right to choose!

 

[ghengis86]

how many murders haven't been solved due to the lack of the gun shot being heard? people get shot all the time with no one hearing the shot; in these cases it just might well have been a suppressed firearm for all the investigators know.

I guess point blank powder stippling or powder residue would be the only downside to a supressor

 

[idiom]

God forbid anyone wraps a towel around their gun...

Nuts I can't find the godfather II clip anywhere....

 

[Kraig]

There are as many legitimate reasons to own a silencer as there are legitimate to own a muffler for your car. Just because there are also illegitimate reasons to own a silencer does not negate the legitimate reasons. Making all machinery quieter has always been a pursued and agreed upon objective, yet somehow this does not apply to guns? It seems the root of the argument is the thought that you shouldn't be shooting it to begin with, because it is clearly more convient to shoot a gun without all the noise.

 

[BillyDkid]

Supressors are used mostly for safety purposes!

They reduce (note, not silence) the sound of each shot, greatly reducing the possible damage to the operator's hearing. In close quarter scenarios, this also benefits those around the operator. Have you ever fired an Ar-15 with no ear protection? A couple rounds and you're ears are ringing good. Imagine if you were defending your home from an intruder and did not have a supressor or ear protection; you and your family could be temperoarily deaf.

Supressors also reduce the amount of felt recoil, eliminating dangerous muzzle hop/climb, ensuring more control over the weapon and greater accuracy.

Supressors make shooting more enjoyable and less offensive to others at the range.

Supressors will ensure that no noise ordinances are violated if you're shooting on private property.

Supressors don't alert one to your location as easily as an unsupressed firearm.

Supressors are wonderful items.

You know what's bizarre, while silencers are illegal here, they are mandatory in some places in New Zealand to keep nooise down. It's obvious idiocy. Likewise, in some states you are required to have a special permit to carry concealed but do not need one to carry exposed while in others it is exactly the opposite. The truth is these laws are designed and intended to do nothing except make things difficult for gun owners. None of it has anything at all to do with safety or protecting the public.

 

[Uriel999]

YouTube - A Scanner Darkly_the silencer

lmao.

 

[ghengis86]

You know what's bizarre, while silencers are illegal here, they are mandatory in some places in New Zealand to keep nooise down. It's obvious idiocy. Likewise, in some states you are required to have a special permit to carry concealed but do not need one to carry exposed while in others it is exactly the opposite. The truth is these laws are designed and intended to do nothing except make things difficult for gun owners. None of it has anything at all to do with safety or protecting the public.

I"ve heard that too; i think in Europe in general, supressors are preferred for hearing safety.

The real kicker? The disarmed public has no right to protection of their lives by the cops per SCOTUS.

 

[akihabro]

Have you ever been to outdoor shooting range versus an indoor one? Firearms are already a loud enough let alone indoors. Good hearing is a tactical advantage. I've never shot a gun indoors without hearing protection but I'm sure the temporary reduction in hearing would not be to your advantage. You could possibly shoot the burglar inside your house and his accomplice outside wouldn't hear it. I've never heard a suppressor in real life...so maybe my sound reduction is a stretch.

 

[RayDog]

Depending on what caliber you are suppressing you could shoot in a house and not have it noticed outside. 9mm and 22lr are no problem. A 16" AR suppressed sounds like a 22lr.
My 300 whisper would work fine for a house clearing project without disturbing neighbors

 

[ghengis86]

Depending on what caliber you are suppressing you could shoot in a house and not have it noticed outside. 9mm and 22lr are no problem. A 16" AR suppressed sounds like a 22lr.
My 300 whisper would work fine for a house clearing project without disturbing neighbors

supressors cannot reduce the sound of a super-sonic bullet; there will always be the 'crack' of the bullet as it creates a mini-sonic boom. that's why a suppressed AR-15, while greatly reduced in noise, will always have that .22-like 'crack'.

supressed firearms usually sound like the slamming of a car door, w/ or w/o a crack of the bullet, depending on the caliber, velocity, etc.

regardless, supression technology is wonderful and should be more widely accepted base purely on the safety aspects.

 

[Standing Like A Rock]

Owning something does not mean you will use it, owning something is not a crime. In case this guy is for banning silencers.

A silencer is meant for a stealthy kill, and if you only wanted to kill someone in justified self defense there would be no need to be stealthy.

Edit: Never mind the guy above me makes pretty good points.

If someone ever tells you that silencers are only used for stealthy kills, just say that I can kill somebody much more stealthily with a knife or my own hands, so that point is just ridiculous.

 

[Icymudpuppy]

In my business they are quite useful for Coyote reduction efforts in urban environments.

 

[TruckinMike]

What could some reasons for personal use be to own a gun silencer. Logistical arguement im engaged in with someone saying there is no non threatening reasons to have it. The only thing I could come up with is maybe a benefit to hunters?

My neighbor's donkey gets upset every time I shoot my 7.62x51. Therefore I need a silencer. I have been thinking about getting one. But i wasn't sure what my sheriff would say about my reasoning.

TMike

 

[RayDog]

Trust or LLC and the sheriff knows nothing

 

[Aakron]

What could some reasons for personal use be to own a gun silencer. Logistical arguement im engaged in with someone saying there is no non threatening reasons to have it. The only thing I could come up with is maybe a benefit to hunters?

A legitamite reason for owning a silencer would be that we should be allowed to own anything we want except for other people in a free country. Anybody who thinks any other thing should just move to a fascist state because they quite simply don't value freedom as much as we do and they should go somewhere else to force their values on others because it just isn't welcome here.

As for non-threatening reasons, less noise is a good reason, as I'm sure has been pointed out.

 

[akihabro]

My neighbor's donkey gets upset every time I shoot my 7.62x51. Therefore I need a silencer. I have been thinking about getting one. But i wasn't sure what my sheriff would say about my reasoning.

TMike

Either your neighbor has a democratic wife or you live in Mexico.

 

[Toureg89]

Next time he asks why anyone should be able to own anything then ask him why he should be able to have a dick since he could rape someone with it, then kick him in the vagina for good measure so he'll remember it.

this is quote worthy my friend.