“It’s worth mentioning that the Virginia Tech shooting was far from the only time that survivors heard gunshots and knew they had to react quickly. More recently, in Alexandria, Va., members of Congress were practicing for the congressional baseball game when a gunman opened fire. Those who were there said that they, too, recognized the sound of gunshots, and knew to take cover in the dugout. Congress should put public safety first and vote against the SHARE Act. Lives are on the line.” – Everytown Survivor Network member Jeff Twigg in Say no to gun silencer bill. I survived Virginia Tech because I heard shots. [via usatoday.com]
Another anti gun dweeb that knows nothing about suppressors.
That’s what happens when your info is from hollyweird entertainment.
More of that “I’m a victim so I’m an expert” garbage.
People like this should be forcibly dragged out to a range, placed within proximity of a silenced firearm and wit each pull of the trigger somebody need to shout into his face “did you hear that? Huh? Huh? Did you hear that?!?!?!” in front of at least a dozen witnesses filming it all.
Otherwise they’ll continue to choose the path of willful ignorance. Lead that horse to water and jam the feeding tube in until he chokes.
Un-armed citizens not able to protect themselves means more victims. Guns and suppressors aren’t the problem. Peoples willigness to become victims does not constitute everyone should.
John Valdivia.
Hmmm… let’s see. If you are trapped and can’t get out, helpless to resist the attacker in any meaningful way, I’m thinking that hearing a louder gunshot report is not going to be much help. But people like this are certainly free to think that way, of course. They are NOT free to determine any of it for someone else.
Jeff, just go on practicing hiding under your desk. I’ll go to the range and practice effective resistance to attack. You are quite welcome to the Darwin award any time. Sorry you missed out last time…
With unsilenced guns, you can’t hear their tyranny. With silenced guns, you don’t have their tyranny.
Did I read that right? They used a real gun (modified, I suppose, to be nonfiring)?!
All I can say is, if my kids were in that study, no way they’d touch that gun.
WHy does clicking on ” Notify me of follow-up comments by email” still not work?
Nothing here about it, and, even though I enter my email, no one says anything to me about it?
Am I seriously the only one this happens to?
One could come to that line of thought if one was a brain dead moron or a loyal Commiecrat minion,wonder which one he is.
Looks like a great alternative to the Ruger precision rifle.
I’m going to start carrying around toilet paper so when someone unleashes such a huge torrent of verbal diarrhea (like Jeff Twigg just did), I can just hand them a wad and look at their mouth and say, “Clean yourself up, you’re a filthy mess.”
“Not around here you won’t”
“Antifa is holding another ‘Peaceful Protest’ tm? Not in OUR neighborhood they aren’t.”
Won’t hear the shots, so they’re at greater risk of being killed without warning? Seriously?
For starters, most people who hear the initial gunshots of a spree shooting misinterpret them as anything else but gunfire, including construction sounds, automobiles malfunction, accidents, etc.
More importantly, a suppressed AR-15 only brings the report (the sound of the discharge) down to about 130 decibels. By comparison, a loud rock concert runs about 120 decibels and a lawn mower hits about 90 decibels.
If the softball-practicing Congressmen targeted for assassination by that radical liberal Bernie supporter wouldn’t have heard a suppressed rifle, then just consider what dangers they face from the Parks & Recreation Department’s grounds crew or the untalented rabble from the neighborhood garage band.
The last thing you want to have happen as you’re stealing second base, is to be surprised by a deadly weed eater or some killer guitar riff.
“Spread out”!
You’re about an 1.5″ to 2″ too low with the plates. The plate should sit right below the collarbone notch. Fwiw.
You know who didn’t survive? The licensed concealed carrier who didn’t have his gun despite protesting to his masters in the university. That should tell you something.
Ben: “So……..you’re a man that is dressing up like a woman?”
Hoss: “I don’t think so, Pa!”
Little Joe: “Hmmmm, you’re kinda pretty!”
It’s like this: guns are inherently cool and empowering, and rich snobs who have armed bodyguards giving regular people the “you’ll shoot your eye out” routine only makes guns more desirable. Nobody likes it when their self-proclaimed “betters” tell them what to do and how to live, and that’s exactly what they’re doing. All the NRA has to do to win is pull down their eyelid and stick their tongues out at them.
Oh, and solicit, solicit, solicit…I have a file folder in which I was planning to put a year’s worth of their mailings, but it looks like I’ll have to reserve a whole drawer before it’s over with…
Biggest gun? 12 ga shotgun
other than that, 105MM Howitzer and Ma Duce.
Just a lowly 12gauge. I guess I have some catching up to do????????????
Reach for the sky Cylons!
What the Heck is Adam doing to that cow?
Sorry … You lost me when you started in on the “this is as quiet as that but redundent with that other thing which I wouldn’t have bought but..” and wound up having no idea whether we were talking about mystical centurions – Roman or Cylon – or cutting down which can why, or what.
Then, trying again, TL;DR.
Please, three reviews with light linkage between them for reference. Much easier to keep it straight that way. And easier to search for later.
Wait, isn’t that Bloomberg and Pelosi ridin’ in with no holsters on?
“Steady, Boys! I reckon that thar injun’s just doin’ that crazy, wild dance out thar koozie can.”
I definately like shopping at Cabelas better than Bass Pro. The gun library usually has something I am interested in when I go there. Their other stuff is usually a lot cheaper. Although, just for hanging out, the Bass Pros are usually neat. Especially at the Pyramid in Memphis.
Shootings and spree killings don’t exactly follow God’s law, unless you happen to be a jihadist.
Tim Skold, one of his bandmates (current, former? Not sure) and former KMFDM band member is big into guns. He posts stuff on instagram all of the time shooting stuff like HKs. It looks like they might have similar views on firearms.