r/canadaguns • u/Revolutionary-Owl576 • Jul 28 '26

Shooting Pure freedom🇺🇸 Trip to the usa

Honey badger 300Blackout suppressed

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u/Dill_Pickle_Tears Jul 28 '26

Weirdly enough, suppressors were banned in the 50s and can be traced back to before this. It was related to poaching concerns and the concealment of crime (huge pop culture influence).

It’s a shame it was never reversed.

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u/The_King_of_Canada mb Jul 28 '26

Yea especially when you hear about places like the UK where supressors are mandatory for hunting. That would be awesome.

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u/cubiclejail Jul 29 '26

What's the rationale behind that? Is it to protect animals from being scared by the sounds and also give humans the advantage in case you miss?

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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 Jul 29 '26

Its for hearing protection and general sound reduction during hunting, nothing to do with missing.

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u/gnu_gai Jul 29 '26

Hunting happens much closer to urban areas, so both hearing protection for the shooter and lower the odds of someone being alarmed at gunfire in a nearby town

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u/Blackhawk510 ns Jul 29 '26

That, and it's probably kinda annoying and noisy if you're just going about your business.

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u/cubiclejail Jul 29 '26

Yeah. Ok, thanks. Never considered that...we're lucky to have so much land here.

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u/ssquiggss Jul 29 '26

Lmao

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u/cubiclejail Jul 29 '26

Laugh all you want, it's a fucking question! We don't have those rules here. I can shoot geese and duck from my patio - no silencer needed.

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u/waitwhatnothing Jul 29 '26

The suppressor ban predates Hollywood action movies by a few decades. It seems to have happened in the 30’s. I have yet to find a definitive source on the rationale but I’d be willing to bet that it was almost entirely about poaching. Poaching was rampant in the depression and populations of a lot of game animals were in decline.Â