MTakas said:
[quote author=Fat_Rat link=1297807200/0#5 date=1298210925]My question is WHY? . . . It doesn't seem reasonable as to why someone who is legally licensed to carry concealed would want or need a silencer for legal personal defense actions.!
It really upsets me when I hear this kind of talk from fellow gun owners.
So, you see no reason for it. Why does that mean someone else should not be able to do it?
What about when congress sees no reasonable need for law abiding citizens who can legally carry a handgun for self defense to have more than a 10 round capacity in their self defense gun?
What about if congress sees no reasonable need for a law abiding citizen to carry a gun at all?
This is the exact train of "logic" that erodes our 2nd amendment rights all the time.
If you see no need or advantage in doing something then don't do it, but your perceived need or your perceived lack of need has no bearing on someone else right to do something that is perfectly legal in the first place.[/quote]
Excuse me but my "perceived need" as you put it has a lot to do with what others may do with a handgun. One piece of bad press concerning the reckless use of weapons hurts the millions of law abiding citizens who have weapons for legitimate and practical purposes. So if someone is caught with a silencer how would that ever positively contribute
towards the rights of the legal gun owner. Its far different than the magazine issue you refer to. High cap mags are now legal, and it is being considered to make them illegal, and I don't like that any better than the next guy. For the most part it is now legal to own firearms and to carry them concealed in most states. Take that right away and you better believe I will be furious. Silencers however are not legal without a license, and in that case your second amendment rights are not being violated. You legally can't have it in the first place so how do you consider your being denied your rights. You need to do your homework before stating that it is perfectly legal to have a silencer. Legal if you go through the federal permit process, but the process for obtaining and owning a silencer is far more expensive than the cost of a P3AT. If you are making one yourself then that is illegal, and it is actions like that which have helped erode the second amendment. Besides, show me in the second amendment where it states "the right to bear silencers". If you want to be a rersponsible gun owner, do it legally!