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In the discussion thread: How to buy a silencer (quick take: it's a pain and takes way too long) [View all]

Sat May 12, 2012, 02:31 PM

gejohnston (12,599 posts)

26. Norway and France have no problem

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France requires them at some ranges. Finnish hunting regulations require them in some areas. Oh yeah, they don't silence like in the movies. A 9mm will sound more like a nail gun.

Oh yeah, "common sense" is not knowledge and often based on watching too much TV and listening to too many old wives tales.

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65 replies	Author	Time	Post
How to buy a silencer (quick take: it's a pain and takes way too long) [View all]	Johnny Rico	May 2012	OP
Now imagine the effect if we applied the same procurement rules to vehicle mufflers.	PavePusher	May 2012	#1
The NFA Examiners are under-staffed.	jeepnstein	May 2012	#2
I bought a	Meiko	May 2012	#3
I have a friend that's been waiting since November.	ileus	May 2012	#4
Mine took 8 months.	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#5
In GC/RKBA, This Is What Passes For A "Public Service Announcement." (n/t)	Paladin	May 2012	#6
They need them for varmint hunting with Mitt...	ellisonz	May 2012	#7
Varmint hunting would be a highly appropriate application for a suppressor, don't	petronius	May 2012	#8
...	ellisonz	May 2012	#10
Jokes and funny clips to the side, suppressors cut down noise pollution and	petronius	May 2012	#12
They also allow you to shoot somone down in the street and not alert the whole block.	ellisonz	May 2012	#13
The controls are a solution without a problem	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#16
"Is violent crime using suppressors an issue?"	DanTex	May 2012	#27
are crimes with silencers an issue in France?	gejohnston	May 2012	#32
Or, the more likely explanation - suppressors are not as concealable	pneutin	May 2012	#64
I didn't say I don't understand, I said it's not substantial	petronius	May 2012	#17
Not a compelling argument...	ellisonz	May 2012	#19
what about countries where silencers are not regulated at all?	gejohnston	May 2012	#24
If the list of possible cases where the use of a silencer would enhance the crime in question	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#25
Using that logic, you can ban absolutely anything	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#30
Gunners always gotta change the subject. n/t	ellisonz	May 2012	#45
Pointing out the error in your thinking	ManiacJoe	May 2012	#52
Congratulations! You've managed to slink away without use of a cartoon this time...	petronius	May 2012	#31
I'm still here my pro-gun madness friend. n/t	ellisonz	May 2012	#46
Might as well continue the argument, then: I assert that it's unsound to	petronius	May 2012	#53
You've apparently never actually heard one in operation in real life, have you?	PavePusher	May 2012	#35
I don't spend my time hanging out with a bunch of gun nuts.	ellisonz	May 2012	#47
Translation: You don't know what the hell you're talking about.	PavePusher	May 2012	#54
In other words, you have no experience with the subject at hand.	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#56
Hey, why don't you just make up some more bullshit huh?	AtheistCrusader	May 2012	#65
I infer that you have a problem with the average Joe having a silencer. Could you provide	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#9
The bloodbath is probably coming, any day now	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#11
Ass-backward logic.	ellisonz	May 2012	#14
Not particularly hard to manufacture	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#15
Yay survivalists!	ellisonz	May 2012	#20
You don't need to be a survivalist to manufacture a good suppressor	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#34
Welcome to the Econo-Can	ileus	May 2012	#39
Apparently the Econo-can is a scam	Glaug-Eldare	May 2012	#42
Extrapolate from 0 to infinity in no time at all and even less evidence, eh?	PavePusher	May 2012	#37
They're not hard to get, just time-consuming with annoying paperwork.	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#18
Good.	ellisonz	May 2012	#21
There are something on the order of a quarter million legally owned silencers in this country.	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#22
Common sense.	ellisonz	May 2012	#23
Norway and France have no problem	gejohnston	May 2012	#26
Norway and France don't have the gun madness we have. n/t	ellisonz	May 2012	#44
So people don't go out shooting neighbors with their silent pistols?	mvccd1000	May 2012	#49
what is gun madness?	gejohnston	May 2012	#50
I know someone has lost the argument when all they can say is, "Well it's just commen sense!"	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#28
Especially if they spell it "commen"!	DanTex	May 2012	#29
Wow...a spelling flame! That destroys every argument I've ever made!	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#33
Your movement to ban car mufflers on the same grounds....	PavePusher	May 2012	#38
ROFL	mvccd1000	May 2012	#43
Sounds like a follower of Sergeant Colon, to me:	friendly_iconoclast	May 2012	#63
Do you really think it would be harmed?	NewMoonTherian	May 2012	#59
As someone once said: "Incidents happen, that doesn't mean it's predominant."	friendly_iconoclast	May 2012	#62
Don't you know suppressors kill people.	ileus	May 2012	#40
Just found this...	Johnny Rico	May 2012	#41
Translation: Guilty until proven innocent.	PavePusher	May 2012	#36
Bold Statement #23452	ellisonz	May 2012	#48
So, that IS what you were saying.	PavePusher	May 2012	#55
Yeah.	Callisto32	May 2012	#58
The ad links appearing in this thread are exceptionally amusing	slackmaster	May 2012	#51
adbot	Meiko	May 2012	#57
Silent but deadly!	Remmah2	May 2012	#61
We need to ban physics.	Remmah2	May 2012	#60

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