Repealing the NFA

If you're someone who's primarily interested in firearms for personal defense why should you care about the actions moving towards repealing the national firearms act? Well, I wanna talk to you about that for a minute because what I've noticed is inside of the personal defense network audience and inside of the social media circles that I travel in people are asking me a lot of questions about why we should be pushing to repeal the NFA. Or why we should be worried about changing the laws at all that regard short barreled rifles, suppressors, short barreled shotguns, and even legally owned machine guns when it comes to personal defense. The fact is that first of all your access to all firearms is dependent upon the enforcement of the second amendment. The second amendment to our constitution affords the right to keep and bear arms to all citizens. And what that means is we should have the right to keep and bear all types of arms. So we shouldn't have incremental restrictions on the types of firearms at all. Now, it's also important to understand why a short barreled rifle, a short barreled shotgun or especially a firearm with a suppressor might be of interest to you as someone who's primarily interested in defending yourself and those you care about with firearms. Well, first of all, the short barreled rifles especially, are generally lighter and easier to maneuver in close quarters. And we're not just talking about a military CQB environment or fighting inside of a vehicle. We're talking about inside of your home. You know, not all of us live in mansions. We can't have a 50 yard shot down the hallway or 1000 square foot master bedroom with a 250 square foot walk-in closet to hide in with our family. If you live in a smaller home or an apartment, even just something as simple as moving around with your kids, getting them positioned behind you is gonna be a lot easier with a short barreled rifle. Something that's closer into the body. Something that's very capable of defense inside of home defense, typical ranges and scenarios but something that isn't as long as a target shooting rifle, a hunting rifle, something that would be much more appropriate out in the open field. Maybe something like a full battle rifle, that's gonna have a longer 16, 20 or even longer inch barrel. So the short barreled rifle's primary advantage really is that maneuverability, the ability to position yourself safely inside your home, call the police, keep your family behind you or to move through your home with your defensive tool to secure and protect other members of your family. Things like suppressors probably have an obvious use also but not to everybody. If you've never shot a firearm with a suppressor or you may have no idea except for watching the movies what it's really like and what the difference is really like, especially in a confined space. Even in an indoor range, let alone, again being in your bedroom or being in that hallway being at the top of your stairwell with your family behind you. And imagine for a second a scenario where you're forced to defend yourself or your family with your staged home defense gun. Whether it's a pistol or a rifle and you pull it out and your family member is in your vicinity when you need to engage that threat. And especially if they're just in front of you. You know, I have a little less than two year old daughter at home. If she's out in front of me and I need to engage a threat that's over in this direction. And I take that typical AR-15 type home defense rifle which is something that I do stage in my home for that use, and I go fire that, that muzzle blast and that concussion is gonna be coming out right over her head. Of course, if it's my wife that might mean it's right in front of her face. And that sound damage which obviously is not gonna be nearly as bad as being murdered or raped or abducted by whoever it was that broke in to be violent towards my family. It's still an injury that technically I'm causing in the effort to defend myself and my family. Well, if you put a suppressor on that rifle or even that home defense handgun that's gonna contain that concussion. It's obviously gonna suppress the sound. It's also gonna suppress the muzzle blast and it's gonna make it safer for everyone in the environment including myself to defend ourselves from that threat. We're also obviously gonna be able to communicate better immediately after that shooting. And that also means I'm gonna be safer when the police respond, because I won't be dealing with a ringing in my ears, if auditory exclusion doesn't protect me from hearing damage. And my family members who may not be in the same focused attentive state that I am relative to the threat, certainly can't count on that auditory exclusion protection either. Now, when it comes to some of the other things like full auto machine guns, destructive devices, some of the any other weapon type designations that are covered under the NFA. You may not be able to think of an immediate defensive value, but again the fact is, it's access to firearms. Legal access and convenient simple access to firearms that allows us to prepare to be able to defend ourselves in as wide a variety of circumstances as possible. And that's why even if you're just interested in firearms for personal home defense or for family protection you should be interested in the discussion around repealing the NFA and removing any and all restrictions to legal and responsible firearms use and ownership.