Texas, Utah, Virginia | April 20, 2021
GOP Senators Introduce SHUSH Act
Texas, Utah, Virginia | April 20, 2021
The dichotomy between the two major parties is borderline laughable, particularly when it comes to the right to keep and bear arms. Last week Tom Knighton reported on democrats’ push to outlaw silencers and now we’re talking about renewed efforts to deregulate silencers. The SHUSH Act was introduced in the last congress, and it was announced on April 16, 2021 that it is being introduced again. From a press release, we have the following:
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) this week introduced the Silencers Helping Us Save Hearing Act of 2021 (SHUSH Act), a bill to eliminate the unnecessary regulation of suppressors. The House companion legislation is sponsored by Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.).
When so-called common sense gun laws are discussed, honestly, the deregulation of silencers or suppressors fall into that category. Not a mythical “common sense” that exists only in freedom hating Utopian society, but real common sense; like “glowing cherry red metal is hot”. Suppressors make firearms less dangerous. It’s that simple. The sound that emits from a gun shot is over one million times louder than that of normal conversational speech. Suppressors can lower those decibels to a level that is still dangerous to hearing, but much less. The onerous paperwork and tax associated with the procurement of suppressors, and outright prohibition of them in some states, really does need to be overhauled. Believe it or not, the UK actually does a better job of regulating suppressors than the United States, as a 2014 American Rifleman article pointed out:…
(Excerpts from Bearing Arms)