{"id":31972,"date":"2012-12-30T16:10:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T23:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/the-nra-crosses-into-tragic-self-parody-silencers-for-the-children.html"},"modified":"2012-12-30T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T23:10:51","slug":"the-nra-crosses-into-tragic-self-parody-silencers-for-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/30\/the-nra-crosses-into-tragic-self-parody-silencers-for-the-children.html","title":{"rendered":"The NRA crosses into tragic self-parody: Silencers! For the Children!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because what we really need to make guns safer, and shooters (spree, gang, whomever) less able to kill, are gun silencers.<\/p>\n

Really.<\/p>\n

'This Silencer Awareness Campaign is today\u2019s gun lobby in a bottle. The coordinated effort brings together the whole family: manufacturers, dealers, the gun press, rightwing lawmakers at every level of government, and the NRA. Each are doing their part to chip away at federal gun regulation in the name of profits and ideology. Together, they plan to strip the longstanding regulatory regime around silencers, and reintroduce them to the gun-buying public as wholesome, children-friendly accessories, as harmless as car mufflers.'<\/i><\/p>\n

The goal, of course, is protecting children's hearing. Because we can't have pistol-packing teachers blowing away maniacs in school rooms without due consideration of how it might affect the hearing of the tots. And, of course, it's a key way to make sure kids can go to the shooting range — or hunting, or simply plinking away at tin cans — without suffering from the ravage of gun-related tinnitus.<\/p>\n

'\u201cBillions of dollars are spent every year in our healthcare system for hearing loss conditions, such as shooting-related tinnitus,\u201d explained the NRA. It was a very important point that had long been overlooked in the gun control debate; because if there is a single pressing gun safety issue in America today, it is the hearing, comfort and convenience of recreational shooters who find orange earplugs unsightly. The NRA is also extremely concerned about the fright children may receive from shooting or standing near the reports of high-caliber weapons. These jolts could have a lasting and detrimental developmental impact, possibly imbuing America\u2019s impressionable and tender young brains with the notion that guns are loud, dangerous things. The NRA firmly believes that American freedom is best served by giving 9mm gunfire the feel and sound of a toy cap gun. As the NRA\u2019s Lacey Biles put it during last April\u2019s Dallas Silencer Shoot, silencers are good for \u201cgetting younger folks involved [in guns]. They\u2019re less afraid of the loud bang.\u201d'<\/i><\/p>\n

Yes. Don't be afraid of the loud bang, kids. Slip on a silencer and learn the joys of shooting at things. But quietly.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Because what we really need to make guns safer, and shooters (spree, gang, whomever) less able to kill, are gun silencers. Really. 'This Silencer Awareness Campaign is today\u2019s gun lobby in a bottle. The coordinated effort brings together the whole family: manufacturers, dealers, the gun press, rightwing lawmakers at every level of government, and the … Continue reading “The NRA crosses into tragic self-parody: Silencers! 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