• SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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    11 hours ago

    The issue is there is that gun laws are difficult to get rid of even when it’s proven to be ineffective or unneccesary

    One time I ordered something and I had to go through the same paperwork and as if I was buying a belt fed machine gun, including a $200 tax stamp, paperwork, fingerprints etc. After that was filed I went home and waited seven months for the ATF to process and approve that paperwork. Not a wait period, that’s just how long it takes the bureucracy takes to function.

    After all that time I finally was able to take home what I had bought I, a supressor for a .22 pistol so I can teach new shooters without shouting through their hearing protection. That rule has been in place since the 1930s

    Luigi Mangione’s supressor was 3D printed

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      10 hours ago

      Electronic hearing protection is fantastic for just this reason; no one has to shout. (Except at indoor ranges where you have to double up. I’d forgotten how loud those get…)

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        9 hours ago

        Indoor is obnoxious! Electronic is great but not very common with new shooters. Why spend the money if you don’t know if you’ll use it very often?