Paul Ryan Sides with Hillary: Shelves Bill to Deregulate Suppressors

Source: Breitbart Big Government
Published: Oct 3, 2017
Author: AWR Hawkins
Post Date: 2017-10-04 19:20:31 by Hondo68
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Two days after an attacker opened fire on concert goers in Las Vegas, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) announced he was shelving legislation to deregulate suppressors.

After the Vegas attacker killed at least 59 and wounded over 500, Hillary Clinton tweeted:

Clinton’s tweet ignores the reality of the tactical superiority of the attacker’s position–he was on the 32nd floor shooting down on people who were trapped in a concert venue. To escape they had to funnel through exit areas, which further highlighted the attacker’s superior position. Yet Clinton thinks it would have been worse if his gun had had a “silencer”–i.e., a suppressor–on it.

Ryan has now shelved the Hearing Protection Act, which was introduced into Congress on January 9; it is the legislation containing suppressor deregulation. The Act does not legalize suppressors–as they are already legal–rather, it removes the burdensome process for acquiring them and erases the federal tax that must be paid in order to receive permission to posses one.

The Chicago Tribune tweeted:

According to the Tribune, Ryan said of the legislation “is not scheduled right now. I don’t know when it will be scheduled.”

After tweeting against suppressors, Hillary Clinton tweeted against the NRA, blaming the group for the Las Vegas attack. Ironically, the legislation that Ryan shelved is backed by the NRA.

Neither Ryan nor Clinton suggest suppressors had anything to do with the Las Vegas attack.

Poster Comment:

Nancy Pelosi: We Must Defeat Suppressor Deregulation Because an Angry Progressive Shot Steve Scalise

Ryan and Trump both need to be equipped with silencers!

"Weighing new gun laws" ~Trump

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#1: misterwhite    To: hondo68 (#0)

Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer

Or a bayonet mount!

misterwhite posted on 2017-10-04 19:35:17   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Tooconservative    To: hondo68 (#0)

I'd guess this will return in some late-night bill or attached as an amendment to the Senate's bill to ban full-auto simulator devices.

Tooconservative posted on 2017-10-04 20:15:02   Reply   Private Reply