Wow, a hunting lesson and an english lesson all in one post. Thank you.
My simple hunting license is all that my state says I need to take game, as long as I follow the rules set out by the state. Having a tax stamp does not make you any better of a hunter or sportsman than me. It only means that you decided to allow the goverment to dig just a little deeper in your life so that you can have a suppressor.
Hearing loss is a red herring argument used to distract from the underlying basis of your reason for wanting to be able to use supressors. Those of you who have them want to use them, that is it. I do not use hearing protection while hunting. I also do not use hearing protection while mowing the grass or operating power tools. Do you have an extra muffler on your mower or a super quiet skill saw? The risk of hearing loss is part of the hobby. That risk can be lessened with available hearing protection.
I have nothing againt supressor ownership, you guys paid your money and thats cool. I do have an opinion regarding their use for hunting. You guys want to use them because you think they will save your hearing and because everyone around us gets to (strong argument by the way). I do not agree and I have not seen anything yet that would change my opinion (excuse me, my grammatically/typographically incorrect opinion).
Oh, as for your tax stamp and being more vetted than me, how long of a security clearing process do you think those secret service members who got busted in Columbia went thru to get their clearance? Probably just as involved as your tax stamp approval process but that really didnt do anything to keep the knucklehead from popping up in them. Forgive me if I do not put a lot of weight in your extra tax stamp holder status.
You've invalidated your argument to the level of unsupported opinion right there. I use 30db NRR ear muffs when using ALL my power tools, including mowers & weed eaters. Hearing loss should not be part of the hobby. If you don't care about yours, fine. I care about mine and that's all that matters. Excuse me if I find your opinion to have no merit whatsoever.