| Hiku said: 1.) I know some suppressors don't make guns completely silent. I don't know the range of suppressors this bill encompases. But at the distance this shooter shot from (several hundred meters if I recall correctly), you'd imagine it would be more difficult to detect and understand the sound with a suppressor on during an ongoing concert. |
Practically no suppressor silences a gun. It just isn't going to happen.
Here are some videos which should give you an idea what suppressors do. You'll still hear a gun shot from several hundred meters (although maybe not kilometers like would be normal for an unsuppressed gun.) As it is, most people were confused even with (assuming) an unsuppressed gun. It isn't often that one hears a constant flow of bullets here, so that is why people thought it was fireworks. Pretty much only veterans would know the sound.
^ Watch the beginning and then watch at 7:11, after he put the suppresor on. It is still very deafening even with the suppressor.
I mentioned the sound protection that is usually used, they help prevent a lot of sound, but even then many guns are super loud. Ear protection brings the gun from like 150+ decibels (for the loudest rifles) down to something like 90 decibels, which is still dangerous if you shoot a lot.
