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2023-04-29 00:37:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 642584C650B3D429708073C9FA0E3D8F57E2205F997FE8ED6DDE1C144DD81013
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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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