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    Link to the American Suppressor Association (honestly, I didn't know they existed so I assume there are others out there who didn't know either). Pretty easy form, and then is sent to your legislators.

    http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...tion-act-form/

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    No offense but I've seen this presented elsewhere. My take is that there is no chance in the current administration and if the Democrats win, no chance in the immediate future.

    Even if the GOP wins the Presidency, they do not have a recent record of being pro-active on major gun measures. I think you will hear the crickets chirping on this one.

    Sad to say - there a quite a few pro-active things that could be done that wouldn't be seen as that extreme (like free guns for all). Freeing up the full-auto registry, some policy to encourage national reciprocity of carry permits, forbidding state ban laws (like NY for instance), freeing up the post office carry rules, etc.

    Think the GOP, if one of them made it, will do anything like this. Nah.

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    I think it's got a slim chance at best but I still emailed all my congressmen in favor of it. I think suppressors are probably the best place to start eroding the NFA and no matter what it's probably not going to happen on the first try. Might as well get the ball rolling now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn E. Meyer View Post
    freeing up the post office carry rules, etc
    The post office situation is stupid. How post offices are considered federal buildings is beyond me. It's usps.com, not usps.gov, after all. Granted, usps.gov redirects to usps.com, but that would seem to be set up in order to correct a common error people make when trying to visit the website. Take that classification away from them and the problem is solved. Of course, it would also make sense to change the classification of buildings in national parks as well. It makes no sense that you can (for example) walk and drive all over Yellowstone armed, but if you go into a building in the park, you've committed a federal felony.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
    The post office situation is stupid. How post offices are considered federal buildings is beyond me. It's usps.com, not usps.gov, after all. Granted, usps.gov redirects to usps.com, but that would seem to be set up in order to correct a common error people make when trying to visit the website. Take that classification away from them and the problem is solved. Of course, it would also make sense to change the classification of buildings in national parks as well. It makes no sense that you can (for example) walk and drive all over Yellowstone armed, but if you go into a building in the park, you've committed a federal felony.
    Government rarely makes sense.

    The law has a snowballs chance in hell of passing no matter who wins the election and by how large a majority. NEITHER party as a whole wants to relinquish the governments control of ANYTHING. Individuals on both sides of the isle have shown themselves as pro gun, but not the lot. Even is the GOP sweeps both houses and the WH (scary as all hell a prospect) we wouldn't get any relief as gun owners.

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    Quote Originally Posted by olstyn View Post
    The post office situation is stupid. How post offices are considered federal buildings is beyond me. It's usps.com, not usps.gov, after all. Granted, usps.gov redirects to usps.com, but that would seem to be set up in order to correct a common error people make when trying to visit the website.
    So, rather than look at Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States of America, and the associated legislation that establishes post offices, you'd rather base your decision on whether the US Postal Service uses .com rather than .gov for the website?

    ///SARCASM ON/// Wow, that's brilliant. ///SARCASM OFF///
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    Georgia allowed hunting with suppressors this past year. No one thought that would ever pass either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DMF13 View Post
    ///SARCASM ON/// Wow, that's brilliant. ///SARCASM OFF///
    The .com/.gov thing is merely one piece of evidence. Governmental entities use .gov, corporations use .com or sometimes .net, educational institutions use .edu. Obviously, that's not a law, but it points to a reasonably logical conclusion.

    Are you suggesting that the USPS is an actual governmental entity? As far as I can tell, USPS doesn't serve an administrative, executive, legislative, judicial, military, or law enforcement purpose, and it's not funded by taxes, but rather by its own revenue. That doesn't sound like a part of the federal government to me. Do you think there's a good reason why carry should be a felony in a post office any more than it is in a FedEx or UPS building? Effectively, the only difference between the three is that one was originally established by the government, but has effectively become a separate entity, and the other two are fully private.

    Sarcasm away, sir, but please, offer a logical reason why you think post offices should be considered federal buildings.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom_Jones View Post
    The U.S. Postal Service is what's know as an independent agency of the the United States government. Quite a few government agencies are as well.
    That list is interesting. Somehow the USPS is in the same category as the CIA. I never would have guessed that. I still think it makes little to no sense, but it seems I'm done arguing it from that direction, at least.

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