I am pointing out what a handgun is made for. It is made for shooting people. Alcohol isn’t made for poisoning people, so your analogy is false equivalence. Sure both can be dangerous, but alcohol is designed to be drunk as a beverage and a handgun is designed to be fired at a human being.

I should have said silencers are useful for murder.

Since this isn’t trophy or food hunting, it should be carried out by licensed professionals. Professionals can get whatever equipment they need, this proposed law applies to private citizens. I see your argument for licensed professionals, but this law doesn’t apply in this case. Keep silencers out of the public’s…

That’s ok. I almost replied to a sarcastic comment of yours down below because I took it at face value. Subtlety is hard to judge on the internet.

If you want to split hairs - a handgun is “used” to shoot a human being. Practicing with a handgun is practicing for shooting humans. So most “uses” are murder or manslaughter, attempted or successful. There is no other purpose for a working handgun.

You said “need” and “want” in your opening sentence. Should government give people what they need? Should government give people what they want? Should needs be prioritized in light of risks? Should wants be given any weight in light of risks?

Ear protections doesn’t look as cool either amiright?

Gun-related hearing loss is a serious health problem! Politicians are serious about reducing gun-related health problems!

That would be sweet, but you can’t beat the energy density of a fuel. Electric works better the bigger the vehicle right now. Someday. Gas motorcycles are very smelly.

Don’t feed the trolls, no matter how tempting.

So you agree this bill is unnecessary?

No. If there are more legal silencers in the market, more of them will fall in criminals hands. Did you know that all guns start as legal guns? It’s not like the gun factories sell the criminals illegal guns directly. The guns end up in criminal hands through theft. Criminals have access to whatever the public have…

Silencers are also used for murder. You left that part out.

Then don’t shoot it. Shoot a smaller quieter gun. Simple solution without putting silencers in criminals’ hands. Does the second amendment force you to fire a .30?

Ticking time bomb?

Is it really so hard to shoot pigs that you miss and they get to run away?

I stand corrected. Thank you and sorry.

And sorry in advance for being pedantic.

I doubt that you would be excited about a career or major in geology after attending a school like that. Rather, imagine a society where science is treated as fiction and religious fiction is treated as fact ... we will run out of geologists pretty quickly.

I am also confused. I don’t think of any religion as being more or less peaceful than another. People of any religion may be peaceful or violent.