Silencer hunting bill moves out of committee in Georgia
It has been a good couple of days for silencer advocates. Yesterday, an Iowa bill that would legalize silencers in the Hawkeye state moved out of committee. Today in Georgia, a bill to legalize hunting with silencers in that state has advanced out of the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee.
SB 93 would remove the current prohibition on hunting with silencers and would allow silencers for any game that can otherwise lawfully be taken with a firearm. The bill also mandates a three year suspension of hunting privileges for anyone using a silencer while “hunting without landowner permission, hunting in an area that is closed for hunting, or by hunting big game out of season or at night with a firearm equipped with a suppressor.”
The legislator who introduced SB 93, Bill Heath, is the Senate Floor Leader and is also a member of the committee to which the bill was referenced. He has introduced several firearms related bills this session.
The American Silencer Association is encouraging Georgia residents to contact their legislators urging them to support the bill.