“Suppressors sounds like a euphemism to disguise their purpose.
But I am ignorant on this and curious as to who uses silencers, particularly on handguns, for good purposes?”
Two points here. First of all, suppressor is not a euphemism. It’s a much more accurate term than silencer. Silenced firearms still generate noise somewhere between a nail gun and a jackhammer or ambulance siren depending on the gun.
The proximate most useful purposes are 1) hunting without having to use earpro and 2) saving your hearing if you ever need to discharge a firearm indoors, such as in a self defense shooting.
The guys who hunt feral hogs use them a lot. Feral hog hunting is essentially pest control where semi autos are used and lots of shots are taken at multiple hogs. Suppressors save these guys from tinnitis later in life.
A suppressed pistol may do some hearing damage or may not if fired indoors; an unsuppressed pistol will damage your hearing significantly with 100% certainty if fired indoors. This includes even the lowly 22lr. Some people would prefer to preserve their hearing as well as survive a home invasion.
None of this is relevant, not even a little bit. 2A is a right, not a privilege justified by need. I don’t give a rat’s ass if you like suppressors or not. Live with it, or maybe gun owners like me will stop supporting your conservative causes
Interesting, thank you.
And I too am of course very much against this ongoing nibbling around the edges of the 2A.