\u2018Level of ignorance is embarrassing\u2019: Dems push to ban silencers they claim are designed for discreet murder<\/a><\/p>\nSen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)\u00a0reintroduced the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, which would ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, and possession of gun silencers or suppressors.<\/p>\n
Menendez, a founding member of the Senate Gun Violence Prevention Caucus, took to Twitter to tout this gun control effort and in the process proved that he knows very little about that which he seeks to regulate.<\/p>\n
\u201cGun silencers are designed to suppress the sound of gunfire from unknowing victims and reduce the chances they can run, hide, and call the police,\u201d the Democrat said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m reintroducing the HEAR Act to prevent these deadly devices from making shootings even more dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) reintroduced the legislation in the House and she was no better informed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSilencers are not tools of self-defense, they are tools of murder. They have no legal application, which is why law enforcement officials around the country have called for their elimination,\u201d Coleman said. \u201cThe HEAR Act will save lives and is part of the common sense approach to firearms legislation that has widespread support among voters on both sides of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dana Loesch, a former NRA spokesperson, took to Twitter to call attention to their \u201clevel of ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me that you have NO IDEA what silencers do without telling me you have no idea what silencers dSo. Holy wow, this level of ignorance is embarrassing,\u201d she tweeted, before explaining,\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re literally required for hunting [in] Britain to protect hearing. It merely reduces decibel levels to that of concert PA system. Moron.\u201d<\/p>\n
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