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In reply to the discussion: How to buy a silencer (quick take: it's a pain and takes way too long) [View all]ellisonz
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How to buy a silencer (quick take: it's a pain and takes way too long) [View all]
Johnny Rico
May 2012
OP
Now imagine the effect if we applied the same procurement rules to vehicle mufflers.
PavePusher
May 2012
#1
Varmint hunting would be a highly appropriate application for a suppressor, don't
petronius
May 2012
#8
They also allow you to shoot somone down in the street and not alert the whole block.
ellisonz
May 2012
#13
If the list of possible cases where the use of a silencer would enhance the crime in question
Johnny Rico
May 2012
#25
Congratulations! You've managed to slink away without use of a cartoon this time...
petronius
May 2012
#31
You've apparently never actually heard one in operation in real life, have you?
PavePusher
May 2012
#35
I infer that you have a problem with the average Joe having a silencer. Could you provide
Johnny Rico
May 2012
#9
Extrapolate from 0 to infinity in no time at all and even less evidence, eh?
PavePusher
May 2012
#37
There are something on the order of a quarter million legally owned silencers in this country.
Johnny Rico
May 2012
#22
I know someone has lost the argument when all they can say is, "Well it's just commen sense!"
Johnny Rico
May 2012
#28
As someone once said: "Incidents happen, that doesn't mean it's predominant."
friendly_iconoclast
May 2012
#62