I only came in to post in agreement with Eric that Bloombergs "gun safety" group outspends the NRA in lobbying and campaigning in toss up states to chip away (Washington great example) - the actual 2A preservation crowd is outspent easily every election cycle, it's not even close.

Yes as a pseudo (I'm not for open borders) libertarian I believe in the 10th amendment which says the powers NOT delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people. I believe that this "well my state interprets the 2nd amendment differently" is a lot of BS. Look at poor New York. 95% of the state is vast rural up to Canada but Albany and NYC dictate the whole state. Surprisingly enough you can actually get a carry permit in NYS in the rural counties. But unless you are Schumer or Bloomberg himself (they have unrestricted carry permits) you would be a felon bringing it into the city. How well is the 1st Amendment regulated on the state level? Gay marriage is the "law of the land" yet not found in the Bill of Rights. Yet "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" is a hard enough sentence that needs 50 different types of interpretation? It's about control, and nothing else. .

Joseph I for one would not want to use a table saw or an angle grinder without ear protection. Making suppressors available for the public will not enable all these law abiding owners to suddenly just wake up and say "now crime is so easy I need to go commit one"

Coming from construction I will tell you that the sharpness of gunshots is a lot rougher on your ears than using machinery but I sure would not want to do either without hearing protection, unfortunately in a self defense scenario out in public you would need to go without, but it would be nice to have the option for some of your home defense firearms.

I actually was going to to buy a VP9 With threaded barrel just to have in case the day comes when the HPA passes.

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