Hearing Protection Act reintroduced

[THE BIG SITT]

Nearly 25% of the House are currently cosponsoring the bill! 104 total!

 

[Thor]

Good article on it out today: Underreported: How Gun Silencers Became a Health Issue

 

[curraheeguns]

NRA advises sober thoughts on Hearing Protection Act (VIDEO)

 

[NyleRN]

HPA will never get a hearing on the floor by itself. Period. If it passes it will be attached to a much larger bill

 

[shootersix]

up to 125 in the senate (and a second democrat too!, if that counts, since both dems are from texas) and 11 in the house!

and we need 218! and 51 yea votes

but as of today (3.17.17) there has been no action i.e. no hearings

 

[Reller39]

They also are great when teaching new shooters, or maybe save my kids from using only their left ear when talking on phone. My hearing isn't bad but big difference between left and right. Think how many shoots you take dove hunting.

 

[dudley0]

Is this dead in the water? I admit I have not been following it as closely as I should.

Just haven't heard anything. Hope it goes thru. Keep thinking this is the reason that my other two F1 cans are still waiting to be approved.

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

According to: https://congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/367

"02/06/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations."

Guess that's where it is. Still.

 

[KLB]

The US Congress is taking the same path the IN Congress did, ignore all of the pro gun bills.

 

[dudley0]

Well that isn't good. They are going to just let it die in committee then....

 

[churchmouse]

Time to take out the trash

 

[KLB]

Time to take out the trash

Nice thought, but we all know it won't happen. It is very hard to defeat any incumbent, let alone in a primary.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

The R's cant get everyone on the same page on O'Care or Tax reform. I'm sure the HPA is not on anyone's priority list. Kim-Fat, Russia, China, lots going on... Hopefully next year.

What really shows that these guys cannot arrange a sock drawer is, we have heard for 7 years about how many versions of repeal-replace was ready to go. Well, where T-F is it?

I think their incompetence is glaringly evident. I don't want to be a debbie downer but if they loose the House is '18, I will not be surprised.

But, TGIF!!!

 

[KLB]

Too much going on is a cop out. They have plenty of time to vote on other bills while they bicker about those. The fact is that they don't want to. They do nothing more then give us lip service.

Hell, it would probably be a good idea to pass it to get the attention of the media away from those other topics for a bit.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Too much going on is a cop out. They have plenty of time to vote on other bills while they bicker about those. The fact is that they don't want to. They do nothing more then give us lip service.

Hell, it would probably be a good idea to pass it to get the attention of the media away from those other topics for a bit.

Agreed. Total lip service. Term limits.

 

[Beowulf]

And so the inevitable Republican betrayal begins....

Frankly, if the Republicans were truly pro-gun as a party, they'd expend the political capital they have to shove this through (and really, to remove the Hughes amendment while they are at it). But they aren't. They are happy to get all the pro-gun votes and they will occasionally toss us a bone, but they will basically do or say anything to get into power to line their own pockets and push their pet agendas (or their corporate master's agendas).

Though I suppose a few bones and scraps from the Republicans is better than what we'd get from the Democrats, but there has to be a better way.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

And so the inevitable Republican betrayal begins....

Frankly, if the Republicans were truly pro-gun as a party, they'd expend the political capital they have to shove this through (and really, to remove the Hughes amendment while they are at it). But they aren't. They are happy to get all the pro-gun votes and they will occasionally toss us a bone, but they will basically do or say anything to get into power to line their own pockets and push their pet agendas (or their corporate master's agendas).

Though I suppose a few bones and scraps from the Republicans is better than what we'd get from the Democrats, but there has to be a better way.

Yeah...if only they were as dead-set on rolling stuff back as the dems are about slathering new stuff on, these could be some golden years, right now.

 

[churchmouse]

Yeah...if only they were as dead-set on rolling stuff back as the dems are about slathering new stuff on, these could be some golden years, right now.

They are scrambling to get what they can for themselves but that are not as good at it as the dems.

 

[KLB]

They are scrambling to get what they can for themselves but that are not as good at it as the dems.

The Democrats do seem to have more of a lock step vote than the Republicans.

 

[AmmoManAaron]

And so the inevitable Republican betrayal begins....

Frankly, if the Republicans were truly pro-gun as a party, they'd expend the political capital they have to shove this through (and really, to remove the Hughes amendment while they are at it). But they aren't. They are happy to get all the pro-gun votes and they will occasionally toss us a bone, but they will basically do or say anything to get into power to line their own pockets and push their pet agendas (or their corporate master's agendas).

Though I suppose a few bones and scraps from the Republicans is better than what we'd get from the Democrats, but there has to be a better way.

No kidding. And how about that stupid bloated budget?!?! Don't want to derail this thread, so I guess I'll go start one in General Political.