Patent Ignorance
It's one thing to live a life under the influence of Hollywood fantasy, but it can become detrimental to society when that fantasy is used as a basis for political action. Unfortunately, there are people who do that. One of them, Shannon Watts, in an embarrassing display of ignorance, paranoia and projection, is now complaining that those Hollywood "silencers" really are effective in making a gun go 'pfffft' instead of 'bang'. And, she claims that the "gun lobby" is using the euphemistic term "suppressor" in order to deceive everyone.
I don't wish hearing loss and tinnitus on anyone, but it would be edifying for Watts to try it for a day!
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