'Beyond indefensible': Rep. Yoho says Founding Fathers supported open sale of gun silencers, kind of

A lot of town hall meetings have passed, as has the attention paid by the media to overflow crowds of attendees and protesters, many following directions provided by groups like Indivisible through its handy Town Hall Resistance Guide.

A t-shirt worn by an Indivisible Gainesville chapter member displays the groups platform. They say they are unpaid protestors & constituents pic.twitter.com/8jXt3cxhkp

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) April 10, 2017

Rep. Ted Yoho recently held a series of town hall meetings in Florida which recaptured some of the chaos of earlier gatherings, although as far as we know, he was never escorted out of a meeting and past demonstrators by police.

That doesn’t mean things didn’t get rowdy, as seen in this video which was re-captioned by Moms Demand founder Shannon Watts. Unfortunately, from what we can hear, the clip doesn’t include the audio where Yoho claimed the Founding Fathers “totally supported selling gun silencers without a background check.”

Beyond indefensible. https://t.co/zgVSU6lziH

— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) April 12, 2017

However, someone can be heard shouting “musket,” so apparently this is one of those arguments that the Founding Fathers never imagined the firearm technology available to us today — either that, or someone thought they saw Piers “Musket” Morgan and gave him a shout.

Florida Rep Ted Yoho tells @MomsDemand volunteer that Founding Fathers totally supported selling gun silencers without a background check. pic.twitter.com/srSMsqyvS2

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 11, 2017

The battle over the Hearing Protection Act and the sale of suppressors has been documented here before, with politicians like Sen. Chris Murphy and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand arguing a gun’s loud bang is a built-in safety feature, and that witnesses would not be able to hear a gun fired by a criminal who was allowed to affix a “silencer” to his firearm in New York City.

Suppressors do nothing to increase the deadliness of a firearm. There is next to no reason to restrict the sale of them.

— Russell Stroud ?? (@Radio_Russell) April 12, 2017

https://twitter.com/orbiec93/status/852216350051315712

Speaking of things that are impossible to silence, here’s some more video of Yoho’s town hall meetings, complete with some questions and answers that didn’t play well with the resistance.

Constituents break out in song just before @RepTedYoho takes the stage. #yohotownhall @WUFTNews pic.twitter.com/K2UMPEV8jP

— Ramsey Touchberry (@ramsberry1) April 10, 2017

In response to the topic of gender neutral bathrooms @RepTedYoho says: "Female bathrooms. Male bathrooms. Others." @WUFTNews

— Sofia Millar (@MillarNews) April 11, 2017

Why don't you support bills to force @realDonaldTrump to show his IRS records? @RepTedYoho says it's unconstitutional. @WUFTNews

— Sofia Millar (@MillarNews) April 11, 2017

Congressman Ted #Yoho held his fourth town hall. Healthcare, Russia and the environment were among constituents' concerns. #yohotownhall pic.twitter.com/DqPdxAo9pQ

— Alexa Lorenzo (@ALorenzoTV) April 11, 2017

"My fight is not with @PPact" @RepTedYoho says. "I'm going to put the money where people have access to primary care." #PalatkaTownHall

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) April 11, 2017

"The @EPA has gone from an agency of cleaning up problems to an agency of over regulating. That's why we're cutting them back." @RepTedYoho

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) April 11, 2017

It's "not the responsibility" of the government to "give healthcare to people." @RepTedYoho

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) April 11, 2017

"Our goal is to downsize the Dept. of Eduction…The state of Florida should determine how to best educate their children." @RepTedYoho

— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) April 11, 2017

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Related:

Gun-grabbing group ARS posts questionable ‘fact’ about silencers, gets SCHOOLED by Twitterhttps://t.co/WYPJbie9X0

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2017