The issue of gun control is, obviously, controversial. The fact remains, though, that our fore-fathers wished the general population to be armed in the event that our government becomes corrupt or obsolete. Should we, the people, decide that we need a new government, we are supposed to be able to *overthrow* our own government. Now...imagine a battle between the obese, placid, mind-washed populace of US and the US military. It might not be easy to subdue us, but the ultimate outcome is almost certainly not in our favor. Drop a few bombs on our power plants, and put machine gun turrets on your neighborhood Wal-Marts. Cancel all TV programing except FOX News and you have yourself a good ol' police state. Guns kill a lot of people in this country, but doctors kill more. And the fact is that we can't really complain about the government walking on the constitution if we are showing the same disregard and ignoring our obligations. Believe it or not, I'm a liberal democrat. I'm probably gonna be black-bagged for this one.

tsackett: They use a rifle chambered in .22 Short Rifle (5.56x10mm). it's sub-sonic and the all lead pellet it fires will deform on impact with most anything.

Suppressor is a more accurate term than silencer in my opinion. There are very few weapons that actually create no noise when fired, for the most part suppressors are just used to deafen the still loud noise of a rifle or to cover the muzzle flash. Most civilian legal suppressors take down the sound by about 30% which is far lower than those used by the Government.

Good post, sheisskopf. It's always nice to know I'm not the only person who is both pro-gun and fairly left of center. The way I see it is that gun control laws (for the most part) assume that everyone is a criminal and treats them thusly. Which I think is completely unfair.

Damnit, there I go replying before I read the whole thread again. Supression was the subject. Who cares. part of the fun is the pow-pow noise right? can we all agree on that? bang bang!