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2023-04-28 19:51:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 616C64F11C50143836A9DE926E7C71911080FA1FC77AA47D389E0F160086FD6F
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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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