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2023-04-29 17:01:26 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0FFA55346FA53B591C5E9C35974F700BF5883CBC590B271397B76195F8E8711F
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Suppressors are rarely used for crime and their primary use is as a safety measure to reduce the impact of hearing loss among shooting enthusiasts. Those who have never heard a suppressed gun outside of movies may be surprised that they are much louder than portrayed. https://reason.com/2019/06/25/backers-of-a-federal-ban-on-gun-silencers-claim-only-criminals-use-them/#:~:text=Based%20on%20data%20from%20the,a%20silencer%20is%20a%20criminal.
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