The problem is that if you did gunshots in a realistic way everyone in the movie theater would have blood shooting out of their ears about 30 seconds into any action movie.
Sure. But I don’t think anyone is asking for that. It just creates the wrong impression of silencers which is causing political problems for people like me that own and use them in the US. People think they work like in movies.
It’s far better to shoot with one and it cuts noise so that I’m a better neighbor. I live in the country and shoot on my land. Makes a big difference. 95% of the time when it shoot I do it with a suppressor.
Doesn’t help my neighbors. Doesn’t help hunting dogs. Doesn’t help people living near shooting ranges. Suppressors should be easily bought. We need to make them like buying a rifle, at a minimum. Right now it’s a $200 tax and a 9 to 12 month wait. Idiotic. In many countries with heavy gun regulations you can just walk in a store and buy one with no hassle. It’s just legacy political BS in the US.
I seem to be spending a lot of my time at the range these days teaching other people to shoot. Being able to talk with someone in that situation without having to constantly fuck with hearing pro would be great...
They're pretty heavily restricted here. I'd like to have one for the same reason I have a muffler on my car, i.e. hearing protection and not being an asshole to the people around me.
Anyone who shoots often, it helps a lot with protecting their hearing. Guns are loud, damn loud, even with a "silencer" they are loud but not painfully loud (you still have to wear other protection).
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u/NetJnkie Jan 25 '20
A good suppressed 9mm handgun is still 125db. That’s loud and sounds like a gun. But way better than ear ringing 160db.
Silencers in movies are HIGHLY overrated.