Its already hereSoccerdad1995 wrote:If this change comes to pass, there will be a lot of changes.
Gun makers will respond with suppressor equipped / ready models.
Suppressor makers will spring up everywhere. The increased volume of business will lead to more R&D and more innovations (smaller, more effective suppressors).
Gun ranges will eventually start having "suppressor only" bays, but will still require hearing protection to be worn at all times in these bays (for liability reasons). We will have 10,582 separate threads on this forum complaining about how ridiculous this is.
Holster makers will come out with models for suppressed handguns. Kydex holsters will be available first. Leather to follow. Although the "traditionalists" who prefer leather may also resist the change to carrying a suppressed handgun in the first place, so scratch that. You will likely only be able to find Kydex for the foreseeable future.
IDPA will start thinking about these changes way too late, and will then re-write all the rules, coming out with a new class for suppressed guns, along with one for "firearms" like the Mossberg Shockwave. While they are at it, they will also change all of the size requirements for each classification to "outlaw" a lot of commonly carried models.
I can't speak for USPSA, other than to say that they will do a much better job of adapting their rules to this new reality.
We will eventually settle into a new norm where a percentage of us carry, and/or compete with, suppressed handguns. Others will stick with non-suppressed models that are easier to conceal.
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