There’s nothing “reasonable” about the way they’re regulated. A 200 dollar tax stamp just so I can go buy a tin can with a baffle in it. For those who don’t know, go to YouTube and search oil filter silencer. If these things were so important to criminals, they would all be doing this. Seriously, you can go to any parts store, buy an oil filter, thread it onto the front of a gun barrel, shoot out the other end, and you have a very effective, albeit illegal suppressor.
The truth is crooks rarely do this for a couple of reasons.
Most criminals want easily concealable weapons. A suppressor doubles (or more) the length of a handgun, making it almost impossible to hide.
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Suppressors do not “silence” guns. You can still clearly hear the report. All they do is bring it down to a level where one can shoot without the necessity of big ol earmuffs. This greatly enhances safety, since the person with the gun can now hear warnings conversations nearby.
In a pick your battles world, all choosing to fight this is doing is showing gun owners that “reasonable” is just an empty word.
Please, think this one through.
