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Reeeetired's avatar

Don't know about motivation, but he does hold the first patent on a "silencer." No quibbling, slincer, not suppressor, as some push mightily, including the NRA. :-)

https://www.nrablog.com/articles/2016/10/history-of-suppressors/

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chris lynch's avatar

Thanks for that! Seriously seemed so strange to be true.

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Reeeetired's avatar

Need an Edit button for fumble fingers and failure to proofread! HOWEVER, I typed "slincer" into search and got silencers! Who'd ah thunk.

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