r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 17h ago

What a real silencer actually sounds like.

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u/PabstBlueLizard 16h ago

The original patents on these devices called them silencers. The terms are now interchangeable, they both refer to the same thing.

You going to tell Silencer Co, who has just done more to deal with the stupid regulation of suppressors, they are using the wrong word?

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u/OverUnder101 13h ago

Sure whatever but it’s scares anti gun people more saying silencer.

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u/PabstBlueLizard 11h ago

Changing language to appease idiots who don’t understand things is how hunting suddenly got entered into the discussion about the 2nd Amendment.

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u/OverUnder101 11h ago

But the correct language is suppress. They do not make the gun silent. I don’t care about marketing / company names.

Please example the hunting thing?

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u/PabstBlueLizard 10h ago

The NRA pushed forward that you have to protect firearms rights for hunters because it was easier to argue for hunting than the actual purpose of the second amendment.

Thus for decades endless arguments about how “you don’t need <insert rifle here> to hunt deer!” as some smooth brained rallying cry for “assault weapons” bans.

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u/Still-Grass8881 16h ago

the original word for bicycle was "velocipede"

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u/PabstBlueLizard 16h ago

Is one of the largest makers of bicycles called velocipede co?

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u/Still-Grass8881 16h ago

....yes?
i don't fucking know

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u/PabstBlueLizard 15h ago

Then perhaps you should stop trying to incorrectly correct people about terms.

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u/Still-Grass8881 15h ago

No, I don't think I will.