Gun silencers are often misunderstood thanks to Hollywood. In this video, we explain how suppressors actually work, what they do to a gunshot, and why they don’t make firearms truly silent. A Strange ...

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There’s a scene in the movie “John Wick: Chapter 2,” in which no one else notices the shootout between the movie’s star, Keanu Reeves, and another dude because their pistols are equipped with ...

In 2019, a gunman shot and killed 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building. His semiautomatic weapon was fitted with a silencer, making the gunshots sound, to one survivor, “like a nail gun.” ...

To the editor: Oh, please. Republican legislators are whining about the accessibility of firearm silencers under the guise of hearing protection (“GOP tax bill would ease regulations on gun silencers ...

The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns, advancing a ...