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So Ive been pondering this along time, the first suppressors public use was in the early early 1900's.
However how and why they became illegal or should say restricted is grey, very grey, area.
It seems that history on what pushed them to be regulated was stemmed from what can only be fake news. Stories of masked men taking out citizens unheard by the ear and hence the word silencer was born. A the time silencer was used nothing was quiet or silenced it was quieter but not silenced but why the scare ?
As even the 22lr with a suppressors is loud enough in most cases to be heard quite a distance and more damaging calibers are hardly surpressed and barely dampened.
However it has been shown that among hunters a suppressor should be a given it saves hearing and keeps from disturbing nature. Furthermore they are being built so well now days that accuracy is seldom affected much.
So who has insight why these laws existed and still exist whats the purpose of this even existing as it does nothing pretty much like allot of gun laws.
However how and why they became illegal or should say restricted is grey, very grey, area.
It seems that history on what pushed them to be regulated was stemmed from what can only be fake news. Stories of masked men taking out citizens unheard by the ear and hence the word silencer was born. A the time silencer was used nothing was quiet or silenced it was quieter but not silenced but why the scare ?
As even the 22lr with a suppressors is loud enough in most cases to be heard quite a distance and more damaging calibers are hardly surpressed and barely dampened.
However it has been shown that among hunters a suppressor should be a given it saves hearing and keeps from disturbing nature. Furthermore they are being built so well now days that accuracy is seldom affected much.
So who has insight why these laws existed and still exist whats the purpose of this even existing as it does nothing pretty much like allot of gun laws.