JRT
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Maine residents, hearing tomorrow to remove ridiculous state permit required for hunting with a silencer.
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Leftist gun-grabbers call them "silencers". Knowledgeable people call them "suppressors".
You're better off calling them "cans."
Then you can get a pile of bumper stickers and lawn signs saying, "Free the cans!"
Suddenly, every SJW in the state will be fighting to get this bill passed. Because not allowing ugly women to show their nippies in public is sexist.
Boom - you can now own a silencer.
thank you.There's a whole pedantic debate over the "correct" word to use.
The original term was "gun muffler" and "silencer" because Hiram Percy Maxim, son of Hiram Maxim of machine gun fame, invented both the first commercially successfully device for dampening firearm muzzle blast and the automobile muffler.
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The word "suppressor" is more modern, basically developed as a more feel-good, warm-and-fuzzy, less-charged alternative, by what is now the American Suppressor Association, which is a lobbying organization.
Both are correct terms because (a) the original firearms dampening devices were called "silencers"; and (b) "suppressor" is a more accurate description of what the devices do.
Lol, geez, not this shit again.Leftist gun-grabbers call them "silencers". Knowledgeable people call them "suppressors".
Lol, geez, not this shit again.
One of the top 3 manufacturers of these devices is called.....
Silencerco.
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You're better off calling them "cans."
Then you can get a pile of bumper stickers and lawn signs saying, "Free the cans!"
I thought they were called fuel filters and solvent traps?
One of the top 3 manufacturers of these devices is called.....
Silencerco.
Just gotta do that moving thing.Update: signed into law. You Maine people no longer need a silencer permit to hunt.
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Leftist gun-grabbers call them "silencers". Knowledgeable people call them "suppressors".
What about non-res hunters? Jack.Update: signed into law. You Maine people no longer need a silencer permit to hunt.
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Hit the game over the head with one or another of these;What about non-res hunters? Jack.
Looks like they amended the language in the current law. This would apply to any licensed hunter, resident or non-resident.What about non-res hunters? Jack.
How about Little Jack? He's only 16. His dad would be with him and has the can on a Form 3. Jack's uncles could just be made RPs on their brother Lance's FFL. All are NH res. Jack.Looks like they amended the language in the current law. This would apply to any licensed hunter, resident or non-resident.
No, a 16 year old can’t be an RP on an FFL. On the other hand, what you do deep in the woods of Maine is your business.How about Little Jack? He's only 16. His dad would be with him and has the can on a Form 3. Jack's uncles could just be made RPs on their brother Lance's FFL. All are NH res. Jack.
Right. I meant that his growd-up uncles could be RPs. Jack.No, a 16 year old can’t be an RP on an FFL. On the other hand, what you do deep in the woods of Maine is your business.
seems like we should attach that to every proposal to drop the voting age.No, a 16 year old can’t be an RP on an FFL. On the other hand, what you do deep in the woods of Maine is your business.
No state or town/city licenses or permits needed beyond Federal. It's always been that way.What about at home or on the range?