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http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/alabama-georgia-legalize-hunting-suppressors/
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Alabama, Georgia Legalize Hunting with Suppressors

Last week the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Board voted unanimously to overturn the state’s ban on hunting with suppressors. The new regulation is expected to take effect in late June, making Alabama the 33rd state in the nation to legalize suppressors for hunting. The decision by the board came shortly after nearby Georgia ended its own ban last month.

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Some hunters say that suppressors—or silencers as they are commonly called—can prevent hearing damage and make it easier to communicate in the field. While suppressors do not silence the sound of a gunshot entirely, studies have shown that it can muffle the sound to a point where it is safer for human ears. However, getting a suppressor can be a lengthy process.

“What some people don’t realize is that it is not that easy to get approval to buy suppressors,” Fred Harders, the assistant director of wildlife for the Alabama Department of Conservation, told al.com. “There is a pretty good bit of paperwork and a lengthy wait before the federal authorities will let you have one.”

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Not everyone is happy with the new regulations. Some hunters have their doubts about taking game with suppressors, which they believe can be a boon to poachers. Since the gunshot will be less noticeable, critics argue that the new regulation will embolden poachers to shoot game in places normally patrolled by wildlife officers.

Harders said that he doubted poachers would be willing to go through the paperwork.

“A poacher typically uses whatever they’ve got,” he explained.

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Re: Suppressors Now Allowed for Hunting in Georgia and Alabama
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2014, 04:46:58 AM »
You guys are getting to be more like Arizona every year.  ;)

I hope no permit required concealed/open carry is next!
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Re: Suppressors Now Allowed for Hunting in Georgia and Alabama
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2014, 12:03:59 PM »
You guys are getting to be more like Arizona every year.  ;)

I hope no permit required concealed/open carry is next!

Constitutional carry Bills keep getting introduced.....and keep getting shot down.
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Re: Suppressors Now Allowed for Hunting in Georgia and Alabama
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2014, 01:22:36 PM »
It is legal to hunt in North Carolina as of last fall as well.  We have, as of the last election cycle, had our first Republican House, Senate and Governor in over 100 years.  One of their first agenda issues was the use of cans for hunting.

It still take forever it seems to get one through the federal system.

I have a 30 cal rifle and a .40 S&W (used for my 9s as well) pistol in my gun safe.  I have a Mystic 5.56/9mm can and a .22 can in jail.  I get to look at them occasionally at my dealer ::)

Federally, they are still considered a "weapon of mass destruction".  Makes little sense.

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Re: Suppressors Now Allowed for Hunting in Georgia and Alabama
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2014, 01:55:42 PM »
Just another example of what dumb asses congregate in DC.
They do all they can to discourage the use of firearm silencers, but try driving your car with out one and see what they have to say.

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