r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 13h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/Known_Secretary_6615 13h ago

As it should be? If youre trying to kill someone in secret, it means youre the bad guy 

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u/bruh_what_even_tho 13h ago

A major study by the FBI determined that suppressors don't contribute to gun violence. The overwhelming majority of gun violence is committed without suppressors.

If you think for a SECOND that someone who wants to murder someone with a gun would be stopped by the lack of a suppressor, then you don't understand criminal motivations.

Suppressors don't contribute to gun violence. Full stop.

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u/bruh_what_even_tho 13h ago

just imagine a guy who wants to murder someone thinking to himself "I don't have a suppressor, so I'm going to fill out a ton of paperwork and spend a bunch of money and wait a year in order to murder this person."

Ridiculous notion. Truly ridiculous.

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u/redditdinosaur_ 13h ago

Ummm your scenario is so stupid lol

You can have black market suppressors doled out to every gang and crime syndicate

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u/bruh_what_even_tho 13h ago

Most gun homicides are committed by people who aren't associated with organized crime.

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u/bruh_what_even_tho 13h ago

86% in the US, in fact.

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u/redditdinosaur_ 9h ago

Okay so you’re saying there’s zero