Don’t allow gun silencers

Sun., July 16, 2017

The Hearing Protection Act of 2017 allows the unregulated use of silencers on guns. The supposed benefit is to protect the hearing of shooters. However, protection is already available with the use of hearing protection.

The recent tragic shooting of members of congress on a baseball field in Virginia would have been much worse if not for the timely response of the protection detail present at the site. Consider how much worse this could have been if the protection detail’s response time had been delayed because they could not promptly hear and identify the gunfire.

Allowing the use of suppressors will reduce the safety reaction time in any number of situations. This legislation will only increase the damage from gun violence and should not be passed.

Warren Stout

Liberty Lake

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