Is “videos that promote stupid fucking ideas” one of them? Most of the guidelines are based around things that tend to be illegal / would get them sued into oblivion. That’s what the fuck I’m talking about.

It’s unclear why YouTube has allowed videos like these to proliferate.

A myth that it seems a lot of people are none too keen to dispel, it seems.

You answered your question with your second paragraph. Hollywood has made everyone assume that suppressors work like movie “silencers”.

You don’t play with guns. That’s a child’s take. Grow up.

Not hurting your ears as much when you shoot.

By the way, the OP posted a trick question. There is no such thing as a silencer. The best one does is to muffle the sound down to a safer level. (Safer, not safe) The fact that you bought the line shows your fundamental ignorance of the subject, and shows that you really…

What exactly is the reason for them to be illegal, or exceedingly cumbersome to purchase? In the EU they’re mandated in most cases because they keep noise pollution down.

Don’t beleive the movies. That nonsense with assassins pointing a pistol and vip, vip, vip is fiction. Real life guns are really, really, really loud. A noise suppressor is the difference between so loud it causes deafness, and still way too loud but not causing deafness.

“Someone (luckily) had very bad aim.”

The shooter died. Does the point still stand?

Not destroying your ear drums when firing.

This time the shooter was shot and killed.

Ears are sensitive.

“the shooter is a liberal Bernie Bro white male.”

Additionally, the House Committee on Natural Resources as decided to postpone a hearing scheduled for later today the SHARE Act (Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act), legislation that would make it easier for gun owners buy silencers.

I wasn’t taking umbrage at the fact he said that the gunman was “apprehended safely” getting shot/shot at is not being safely apprehended. And active shooter situations are not a this outcome or that outcome only. The only goal in that situation is stop the threat as quickly and safely as possible.

Thankfully there WERE Capitol Police there! had there not been, this would have been a shooting gallery. One more reason why unarmed people make the best targets. One of the Capitol Policemen continued to return fire and protect the targets even after having been shot. That’s incredible devotion to duty.

You must not pay attention to things that don’t fit your narrative.

The gunman was shot dipshit.