Gun Lobby uses term 'Suppressor' to confuse anti's

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Gun Lobby uses term 'Suppressor' to confuse anti's

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That's the proper term.
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Gun control proponent Shannon Watts, founder of the Michael Bloomberg-funded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, claims the “gun lobby” is using the term “suppressor” instead of “silencer” as a way to confuse members of her group.
“It’s all semantics. Focusing on the name distracts people from the real conversation,” Watts said. “They did the same thing with the debate over whether to use the term ‘assault rifles’ or ‘semiautomatic rifles,’ and then the whole conversation shifted to ‘What are we going to call these things?'”

“They want to get into semantics about the language, so we don’t talk about how dangerous they are.”
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We pulled the same trick on them by calling them "magazines"...when everyone knows they're really "clips". :D
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That is ironic because I think the truth is that the antis use the word "silencer" because it is deceptive and sounds more sinister. Whenever you talk politics you are talking persuasion and semantics is actually critical. There are legitimate and illegitimate uses. When one uses semantics in a deceptive way in order to win your argument...ie using the word silencer for something that is actually still very loud...then you have an illegitimate use. When you use a word that accurately describes the topic to win your argument...that is legitimate and you either counter on the merits or distract and deceive.
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The funny thing is it was the antis that came up with the term "assault weapon" knowing full well that the ignorant would take it to mean something that it isn't.
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I use "folding stock" instead of "shoulder thing that goes up" to confuse them.

Of course I think it's sort of redundant, like trying to coax Hillary Clinton into blaming everyone else for her being the worst presidential candidate since David Duke...
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