Not outside of the circle of people wildly uneducated on firearms.

A silencer is to gun croed what loud exhausts are to thewtuning crowd. Not adding anything to the product but a stupid shiney cool thing to distiguish oneself from people outside the "educated" circles.

It’s no different than a muffler on a car. In fact, both were invented by the same guy. It’s a safety device.

This couldn't be more wrong. It's a safety device to protect your hearing.

> The safety device protect your hearing while shooting goes over your ears, or inside them. Not inbfront your mizzle.

This argument is like saying that since air bags are a safety device, seat belts must not be.

In the UK, police sometimes recommend that licence holders request suppressors as another line item on their licences, on health and safety grounds.

Yep, friends of mine in the UK were recommended heavily to add a sound moderator to their ticket, to avoid pissing off neighbours when shooting vermin at night, etc.