“Quite frankly, what is in the reconciliation bill does more to support assassins than it does American families,” said Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern.
There was some laughter in the hall.
“Yeah, well you know what? Talk to law enforcement, talk to people who have been victims of gun violence,” McGovern continued. “I know you think it’s funny, but I don’t.”
More silencers, fewer safeguards. The Trump admin is making gun violence harder to stop—and harder to hear.
Gun control proponents claim that “silencers” (i.e., suppressors) on guns make it so that we won’t hear the guns being used. That assassins will be able to murder people without people knowing that a gun had been fired. So we asked Grok 3 how loud various guns are with suppressors sound when they are fired.
— AR-15s or .45 caliber handguns are as quiet as a jackhammer is at close range.
— A 9mm handgun is as quiet as a chainsaw is at close range.
