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View Poll Results: Would you get a supressor if they were legal
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05-09-2018, 12:48 PM
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Supressors
If supressors were legal would you get one/want one?
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05-09-2018, 03:00 PM
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I would consider one for hunting - especially in some of the more populated areas. At the range I don't think I would get as much use for one.
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05-09-2018, 03:11 PM
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In a heart beat
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05-09-2018, 03:20 PM
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Absolutely they are great for varmint hunting and target practice and shooting and not annoying Niebours. The novelty of carriying that giant can where’s off quickly while you are hunting on foot though.
Shot numerous animals with my 284win in NZ while it had a Can connected.
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05-09-2018, 04:02 PM
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noise
Safe for hunting, number one. Who needs to wear ears and not be able to hear game or fellow hunters? If you don't wear them....rrrrrrringgggggg
Great for noise pollution(neighbours), number two.
Plain silly why our country is dead-set against them.
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05-09-2018, 04:11 PM
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As someone who has already sustained permanent hearing loss (work related) over the years, and now wears hearing aids (sometimes, hate those things!)....I would love to legally be able to use a suppressor. I can no longer shoot indoors with my pistols, even using foam plugs under my MSA muffs. It's just too painful, and my chronic tinitus gets too severe for about 3 or 4 days after. Outside is ok, but I have to use plugs and muffs always. The ability to reduce the db while shooting would make one of my favorite past times much more pleasant.
I don't think I would use it for hunting, if I use my MSA muffs with long guns I don't have much problems. I wouldn't want the extra weight on the end, I think it might affect balance? Not that I would know as I've never used one.
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Last edited by Twisted Canuck; 05-09-2018 at 04:17 PM.
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05-09-2018, 04:13 PM
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Stupid question... I am assuming it is so that guns could not be used as easily for crime? Are suppressors for hunting rifles illegal for the same reason (crime) or because they could then be used on handguns so you have to ban them across the board?
That being said, I would buy one for sure if legal for hearing protection.
Matt
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05-09-2018, 04:32 PM
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I would purchase one for all of my firearms.
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05-09-2018, 04:47 PM
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Yup for sure
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05-09-2018, 04:53 PM
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In a lot of "liberal" countries (such as Norway) suppressors are actually encouraged for hearing protection and noise pollution reduction
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05-09-2018, 08:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mattthegorby
Stupid question... I am assuming it is so that guns could not be used as easily for crime? Are suppressors for hunting rifles illegal for the same reason (crime) or because they could then be used on handguns so you have to ban them across the board?
That being said, I would buy one for sure if legal for hearing protection.
Matt
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My guess is they are ilegal for the same reason blowguns are ilegal. Someone saw it on a movie and it's an assasins tool so it must be bad.
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05-09-2018, 08:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mattthegorby
Stupid question... I am assuming it is so that guns could not be used as easily for crime? Are suppressors for hunting rifles illegal for the same reason (crime) or because they could then be used on handguns so you have to ban them across the board?
That being said, I would buy one for sure if legal for hearing protection.
Matt
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Suppressors are used in a tiny fraction of crime in countries where they are legal.
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05-09-2018, 09:36 PM
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NP
Im sure my neighbours would all pitch in and pay for them.
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05-09-2018, 10:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Newview01
Suppressors are used in a tiny fraction of crime in countries where they are legal.
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I thought they they were only used by the CIA, KGB, Secret Service type guys to do hits? Like not even illegal stuff....
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05-09-2018, 10:30 PM
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Too many movies
I think the Liberals have seen to many James Bond Movies and think it makes firearms "silent". They just reduce the sound to levels that are not damaging.
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05-10-2018, 08:37 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mattthegorby
Stupid question... I am assuming it is so that guns could not be used as easily for crime? Are suppressors for hunting rifles illegal for the same reason (crime) or because they could then be used on handguns so you have to ban them across the board?
That being said, I would buy one for sure if legal for hearing protection.
Matt
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Short answer.....yes,that is why they they are illegal.
Now for the REALITY CHECK....suppressor are NOT "silencers".The ban on suppressors is yet ANOTHER rediculous law based on unfounded fear,emotion,misinformation,and the Hollywood perpetrated myth that portrays suppressed firearms as the silent weapon of choice for assassins.Truth is,they are nowhere near silent,they only reduce the noise associated with discharging a firearm to a more tolerable level,and in fact are not only encouraged,but must be used by law for hunting in some parts of Europe.
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05-10-2018, 08:56 AM
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Suppressors being illegal is just more paranoid Hollywood Liberal thinking anybody that wants to use them should be able however they are not the answer to NOT WEARING HEARING PROTECTION unless you are shooting subsonic rounds.
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05-10-2018, 09:05 AM
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It's not like I'm pining for one...but I 100% resent the fact that I can't own one. For that reason, I signed the petition...and plan on getting more active in the efforts to make them legal in Canada.
It's not like we need another issue that sheds light on the government's lack of rational, fair, reasonable thought on gun issues in Canada..but this is one for sure.
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05-11-2018, 09:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mattthegorby
Stupid question... I am assuming it is so that guns could not be used as easily for crime? Are suppressors for hunting rifles illegal for the same reason (crime) or because they could then be used on handguns so you have to ban them across the board?
That being said, I would buy one for sure if legal for hearing protection.
Matt
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Yes, this would be due to the crime wave of bad guys using suppressed firearms that happened before they were outlawed. Oh wait, that never ever happened, its just that some people who are in charge of making laws saw some movies once, movies with special effects that diverge significantly from real life, such a shotguns that throw a person back 10' when they're hit by a blast and people who can levitate during Kung Fu fights.
I fully support legalizing them, it should be achievable when one notes that they are safety devices that also reduce noise pollution (think of the shooting ranges that are being encroached by development where the new residents complain about the pre-existing residents)
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05-09-2018, 05:06 PM
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I am guessin majority non gun voters think suppressors make guns 99% more likely to kill on their own. Personally id not have one on my hunting rifle but i support the ability for everyone to have the choice.
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05-09-2018, 05:29 PM
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Absolutely if it was legal. Would love to have one on my hunting rifle instead of wearing muffs all the time.
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05-09-2018, 05:31 PM
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Imagine shooting without the boom? It would be so nice for load development and barrel break in. Hunting I guess it wouldn't matter much for what I do. One or two shots without ear protection don't kill a guy but even then it would be nice. I would be on board.
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05-09-2018, 05:55 PM
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On my varmint guns for sure.....
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05-09-2018, 06:02 PM
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Personally I like short rifles however for sitting and shooting a varmint rifle I can see a definite advantage. The down side I see is that people would stop wearing hearing protection thinking the suppressor will go "pfft" "pfft" like on James Bond anything that breaks the sound barrier will still produce a loud crack enough to damage unprotected ears.
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05-09-2018, 06:09 PM
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Hmmm does the brake go ahead of the suppresser or after?
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05-10-2018, 06:54 AM
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Yup, would screw on an oil can to my 22.....  phhhht....dead squirrel. 
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05-11-2018, 05:17 PM
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And to think the prediction was made that 99% of us wouldn't be interested in this. 
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05-15-2018, 02:33 AM
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Definitely.
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05-15-2018, 07:14 AM
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archery is pretty quiet and i'm betting landowners appreciate the heck out of that
i would totally get behind the suppressor movement, for personal hearing, to be less disruptive to the landowners and other hunters even, and a big one would be for more doubles on coyote stands! anything over a .204 seems to send the rest running like mad no matter what
i agree i wouldn't pack one for mountain hunts but everything else is a great idea for everyone really, don't see the downside at all, even from a leftist point of view
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05-15-2018, 09:17 AM
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I want 1, no 2, no I want one for pretty much each rifle, but I'd love to have one on my BCL 102, I think an over barrel suppressor would look awesome tucked inside my hand guard
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