Gun industry works to rebrand silencers as hearing-protection accessories

[flamin lib]

9. It is appalling to me that gunners who so rigorously require proof, research and

endless veracity of all things gun can be so easily manipulated by gun manufacturers. Gun makers oppose "smart guns" not because they are unreliable but because it would require a change to the factory floor which still looks like it did in 1840. Gunners drink up the coolaid even after being shown the proof, research and veracity of those providing it.

Now it's suppressors which don't really do much on even modest caliber guns. Only the smallest, lightest calibers can be "silenced" and then if it's not sub-sonic the bullet makes as much noise as the report on an un-suppressed gun.

Gunners will eagerly accept any sales pitch given them by the gun companies regardless of how stupid and expensive the gadget is.

On the bright side there's a $200 fee to own one, so it will at least provide some revenue for the government so many of them hate.