{"id":64788,"date":"2017-10-13T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64788"},"modified":"2017-10-13T09:50:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:50:34","slug":"a-tale-of-two-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=64788","title":{"rendered":"A Tale Of Two Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the past couple of years, the move to legalize “suppressors” – basically mufflers for guns – for civilians, and to remove them from the National Firearms Act registry (regulating them the same as machine guns and sawed off shotguns) was met an amazing deluge of paranoia; “It’ll let murderers kill silently”, “It’ll negate shot-spotters”.<\/p>\n

In the hands of agents of the state?\u00a0 \u00a0It‘s a matter of health<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Rifles carried by Spokane police on patrol will soon be equipped with suppressors, a move the department says will protect officers and civilians from hearing damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing more than like the muffler you put on your car,\u201d said Lt. Rob Boothe, the range master and lead firearms instructor for the department.<\/p>\n

Outfitting the department\u2019s 181 service rifles with suppressors will protect the city from the legal costs of worker\u2019s compensation claims filed by officers, as well as from potential lawsuits filed by bystanders whose ears are exposed to firearm blasts. The sound of a fired shot can be louder than the takeoff of jet engines, the department says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch for suppressors to be the latest accessory in your neighborhood patrol car…<\/p>\n

…as gun grabber groups continue to babble about “silencers” as they appear in movies.<\/p>\n

(New to the discussion?\u00a0 Here’s a demo of how they actually work)<\/p>\n

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